“My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.” 1 John 2:1-2 What is …

As followers of Jesus Christ, do we understand that the cross is unavoidable? Christ must suffer and so must we; we must suffer the loss of all things. “Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of …

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is the LORD. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; but its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year …

I’m sitting at my kitchen table eating a bowl of chili left over from the women’s fellowship last night. Something has just come to mind, so I thought I would share it. I was studying on Saturday night, and sometimes when I study I like to go for a walk just to clear my mind, …

In light of our study this morning, I thought that this was such a great quote and I just had to share it.“ The importance of this element of persistence cannot be exaggerated. You find it not only in biblical teaching, but also in the lives of all the saints. The most fatal thing in …

I spent the weekend in Watsonville, California, at a men’s retreat hosted by Calvary Chapel in Monterey.(www.calvary.com) The theme was “Victory”. We mainly looked at that wonderful passage in Romans 8:37-39, “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, …

I really enjoy reading. This has not always been the case. When I was younger I hated reading, but being home schooled for a number of years I was forced to read. My mom bought me all the classics like Robinson Crusoe, Great expectations, Oliver twist, Kidnapped, The hound of the baskervilles, and many more. …

If you are at all like me, you get discouraged when you look around at the state of things. Locally, nationally, and globally things are looking bleak. I have been restless for the last couple of weeks, feeling so inadequate to the task at hand (the expansion of the kingdom of heaven in my own …

I have had an intense week and it’s only Wednesday! It seems as though the devil is having a field day with many of us. I’m reminded of this scripture in 1 Peter 5:8-9 “Be sober, be watchful; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist …

I’ve been reading through the old testament lately and in my reading I came across a passage that I don’t ever remember reading. It’s found in Ezra 7:10 it says “For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel”. …