“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) If I were to ask you, who said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand”, the vast majority of you would answer Abraham Lincoln, and you would be correct. In fact, those words came from a speech Lincoln made against slavery almost 148 years ago. What you may not realize is that Lincoln wasn’t the first person to utter those words. The thought actually came from Jesus who […]

But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.” (Luke 15:20) Have you ever been angry with God? I have. In fact, the last two months have been the most difficult two months of my life. I confessed to my pastor that I wondered if God really cared about me. His silence made me question the truth of Deism, a belief that God just sits in heaven and lets life happen. […]

“And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him; and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.” (Matthew 2:11-12) We’ve all heard the story so much that a few of us could probably quote the verses. So why talk about the wise […]

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” (Acts 20:35) All around the world, children are flocking to malls and shopping centers to sit on Santa’s lap and tell him what they want for Christmas. The truth is the real story of Santa Claus has gotten lost in the commercialization of Christmas, a testament of sorts largely to the genius retailers who wanted to be sure that moms and dads didn’t forget them at Christmas either. The irony behind all this truth is the story of St. […]