“I will open my mouth in parables. I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.” (Matthew 13:35) I enjoy parables. They are great teaching tools and were used by Jesus to convey spiritual truths that are often difficult to grasp. In Jesus’ case, he would use an everyday situation that happens in life to communicate how he felt we should live our lives, respond to life situations, etc. Jesus liked them so much that about forty of them, over a third of the […]

“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8) I have been rather surprised by what I heard about the circumstances involving the death of Freddie Gray. To have handcuffed a man and placed leg restraints on him, put him in the back of a van, and not restrain him was as inhumane of an act as I have seen. […]

“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8) I have been rather surprised by what I heard about the circumstances involving the death of Freddie Gray. To have handcuffed a man and placed leg restraints on him, put him in the back of a van, and not restrain him was as inhumane of an act as I have seen. […]

“When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, ‘Dear woman, here is your son, and to the disciple, Here is your mother.’ From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.” (John 19:26-27) Many of you may not know that my mother died when I was at the tender age of seven. That was a traumatic time for me, but God had already made sure that someone would be around to step in and give […]