Are you ready to have yourself a merry little Christmas? This holiday is special because every Christmas is an open invitation from God to every person on planet earth to experience hope, peace, joy, and love through Christ Jesus. We’re thinking on these blessings this week, and today we’ll focus on peace. Jesus told us in the Gospel of John, “Peace I…

Christmas day is less than a week away! As the classic song goes, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. You see, every Christmas is an open invitation from God to every person on planet earth to experience hope, peace, joy, and love through Christ Jesus. As we count down to Christmas, we’ll think on those blessings, and today we’ll focus…

Do ever wish that God would just give you a sign that Jesus really is the Savior of the world? Perhaps God could text you a special message or speak to you from a burning bush or break in on a broadcast from WTOK like the president does sometimes or write it in big letters across the sky. Would you then believe…

Who’s side are you on? The truth may surprise you. In the midst of a verbal back and forth with the Jewish leaders, Jesus said something very revealing in Matthew 12:30. He said, “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.” Do you know what there means? It means that there is no middle…

Is there ever a wrong time to do good? Those who opposed Jesus thought so. On one Sabbath day, Jesus and his disciples were exceedingly hungry as they walked through ripened wheat fields. So, food was all around them. But it was the Sabbath, and they weren’t supposed to do anything resembling work. So, what were they to do? Eventually overcome by…

Life gets heavy sometimes. Are you burdened down with the cares of this world? Are you discouraged? Are you hurting? Jesus speaks directly to your heart in Matthew 11:28 when he says, “Come to me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.” You see, you don’t have to carry your burden alone. Jesus will carry that burden…

Critics of Christianity claim that real men have a hard time connecting to the church. It’s too effeminate. It’s too introspective. It’s too touchy feely, they say. But we see real men all over the Bible, and John the Baptist was one of them. Speaking about John, Jesus basically said in Matthew 11, you didn’t come to see some soft, preppy dude…

Have you ever had a moment where you doubted who Jesus is? Sometimes even the strongest among us in the faith have moments of weakness and doubt. When you think of giants in the faith, John the Baptist has to be in that discussion. And guess what:  even he had a moment of doubt. And so he sent messengers to Jesus to…