Life Marks  – “A Reason to Love” As I noted in my last blog, Jesus placed an “impossible” demand on His followers when He told them that they needed to love Him above everything else in their lives. The Bible tells us that the greatest of all Christian virtues is love

Life Marks – “The Impossibility of Love” As we saw last week, Jesus calls His followers to love Him above everything else in their lives – above our family, above our careers, above our favorite meal or vacation spot, above our fitness programs, and yes, even above our favorite sports (bye-bye

Life Marks:  “The Price of Love” Jesus knew that He needed to have some “personal time” with Peter after his three denials a few weeks earlier by the charcoal fire on the night in which Jesus was arrested. Interestingly, the Scriptures record no private conversation between Peter and Jesus after

Life Marks – “The Greatest of These” Most of you have, at one time or another, heard of or even read the “Love Chapter” in the Bible. It’s found in Paul’s first letter to the church in Corinth, Chapter 13 (1 Cor. 13). In that chapter, Paul spends a lot of

BLOG 14 – “SAVING” FAITH Each of the gospel writers recorded the time on the shore of the Sea of Galilee when Jesus “felt compassion” on the multitudes who had come to hear Him teach and be healed of their infirmities. He noticed that after several hours, the people were

BLOG 13 – “SAYING” FAITH Immediately following Jesus’ “Sermon on the Mount,” Luke records that Jesus entered the town of Capernaum (located along the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee). As Jesus entered the town, he was approached by some Jewish elders who had been sent by a Roman

BLOG 12 – “SEEING” FAITH (PART 2) As Jesus witnessed four guys lowering their paralyzed friend on a stretcher through the hole in the roof, Luke tells us that Jesus could “see their faith.” But what was He going to say as the paralytic was lowered in front of him?

BLOG 11 – “SEEING” FAITH Early in His ministry, Jesus wanted to make sure that people understood who He was and what He had come to accomplish. Reflecting on my last blog on “Christmas Faith,” the angel Gabriel told Joseph that Mary would give birth to a son, and he

BLOG 10 – CHRISTMAS FAITH We are not the first ones to be challenged to “believe” at Christmas time. I was reflecting upon some of the key passages of Scripture that tell us quite a bit about the birth of Jesus. It was the Angel Gabriel who constantly shows up

BLOG #9 — FAITH When asked to give a definition of “FAITH” in his first Sunday school class, the little boy responded, “Faith is believing in something that you know isn’t true!” And, he’s not alone. For many, faith is wishful thinking for the gullible, choosing to believe in fantasies