Father’s Day. A day to honor dads. Everywhere you look today, you will see messages about the perfect dad. It is an awesome thing to celebrate dads, and so needed. But, every dad that reads those messages about themselves or others, recognizes their own personal gaps. No matter how proud, they recognize the imperfections. They…
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. Then after this He said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.” John 11:5-7 Lazarus is extremely sick, about to die. His sisters, Mary and Martha, sent word to Jesus, hoping…
My family and I really enjoy 30A. I mean, if you grew up in the deep South, there is a high probability that you visited this beach annually. It has changed, as Janis Joplin said, they have paved paradise. No more the quaint beach towns we knew, but we are still drawn to the water….
If you had one message to give to the world, what would it be? Tattoos are a message to the world. Some are carefree, like the Greek symbols that I saw prominently displayed on an older man’s ankle last night. Oops, wish I would have held off on that one. Some are beautiful art, amazing…
On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to…
Perhaps one of the greatest changes in leadership took place after the death of Moses, as the keys to leading the Israelites was handed to Joshua. Moses had led hundreds of thousands of the Israelites out of Egypt, some actually estimate greater than one million people. For 40 years, Moses and the people had seen…
But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls.” Luke 11:17 The people were questioning the power source of Jesus. He used this as an opportunity to emphasize what has and will always be true. Division tears apart (fill in the blank). Family,…
Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him. But they did not receive Him, because His…
“Then the officers will also say, ‘Is anyone here afraid or worried? If you are, you may go home before you frighten anyone else.’ Deuteronomy 20:8 The Israelites were nearing their entrance into the Promised Land. The land was occupied, so many battles awaited them, and a lot of the people had little experience with…
When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him. She’s a sinner!” Luke 7:39 A lady with an “alabaster flask of fragrant oil” had just entered the Pharisee’s house where Jesus was eating. In front…