Hope is one of those words that seem to have a different meaning in our current culture than it did when the Bible was written. When we think of hope in our everyday lives, it’s a wish. I hope it won’t rain tomorrow. I hope my team wins the championship. I hope the shoe store […]

Have you ever thought about why there’s so much glitter at Christmas? Why the thousands of watts of lights?  Little children color rainbows with as many crayons as they have in their box to approximate the innumerable colors they see in the sky (of course there are far more than seven.) At Christmastime we who […]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s practically impossible to express just how wonderful it is to celebrate the birth of our long-awaited Messiah who came to set us free from the curse of sin and the sting of death!  So it may be hard to imagine that for many people at Christmastime, […]

Jews for Jesus reported that recently 100 Jews on the streets of Tel Aviv were asked, “Who do you think the 53rd chapter of Isaiah describes?” Most were unfamiliar with the passage and were asked to read it before answering. After doing so, many conceded that they did not know to whom it referred. Christians […]

Death may be certain, but it’s not a good destination; unless of course it was to lead to something far, far better. In the Bible, “death of self” is a spiritual result, the portal to true life—life that is eternal and pure. Conventional wisdom suggests we order our lives. The lives of our acquaintances, our […]