“And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.  And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried…

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16)      Jesus told His followers about the influence we should have toward those around us. He wants us to let our light shine. That light is the gospel, “…the light of…

“…speaking the truth in love,” (Ephesians 4:15)   The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission published a report, “Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Discrimination, eeoc.gov” about a Supreme Court decision on a case of discrimination based on sexual orientation and transgender status: Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, No. 17-1618 (S. Ct. June 15, 2020) According to…

“For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,  And said,…

 “Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came everyone from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. And when they lifted up…

   “…Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” (Isaiah 7:14)      Jesus’ virgin birth and Deity are fundamental Christian truths. If  Jesus had been born of earthly parents, He would have been just a man, not the Son of God. Jesus was virgin-born, as Isaiah 7:14 clearly…

“But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.” (Luke 1:13)    Jesus’ miraculous birth is told in Chapter 2 of Luke’s Gospel. Yet before Luke tells of Jesus’ miracle birth, he tells of another…

“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” (Genesis 3:15)     When the devil appeared to Eve in the form of a serpent, he asked her, “Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every…

“O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.” (Psalm 107:1)    The Bible says to give thanks to God, for He is good. Ever wonder, though, how can God be good when people, especially kids, die from disease or mishaps that weren’t their fault, or people die from…

 “And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the…

“Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.” (Psalm 96:6)      1 John 5:19 says, “…the whole world lieth in wickedness.” If you want to live for the Lord, the world can be a discouraging place that wears down your strength and resolve. Yet the Bible says, “But they that…

 “And the devil, taking him [Jesus] up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I…