Advent – Love and Adoration

At some point, we will have to decide what we want driving our lives more: our faith or our opinions and doubts. What we know for sure is that God has this heart for us. One that wanted to make a way for more, a way to connect with Him and carry out a purpose greater...

Advent – Joy And Peace

“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.” We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.  (John testified concerning him.  He cried out, saying, “This was the one I spoke about...

Advent – The Preparation

“The birth of Christ is the central event in the history of the earth — the very thing the whole story has been about.”      — C.S. Lewis Advent is the first season in the church calendar. Since the 7th century A.D., Christians have included...

Advent – The Thrill of Hope

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 “A thrill of hope; the weary world rejoices, for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.” ~~ O Holy Night Does...

The Bible

The Bible is the account of God’s action in the world, and his purpose with all creation.  The writing of the Bible took place over sixteen centuries and is the work of over forty human authors.  It is quite an amazing collection of 66 books with very different...

Word of Contentment

“And when Jesus cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit, and having said thus, He gave up the spirit” (Luke 23:46). This was the last utterance of the Savior before He expired.  While he hung upon the Cross seven times...

Ex Cruciatus

There is a striking verse in the New Testament, in which the apostle Paul refers to the cross of Jesus Christ as foolishness to the Greek and a stumbling block to the Jew.  One can readily understand why he would say that.  After all, to the Greek mind,...

Word of Victory

“It is finished.”  this was not the despairing cry of a helpless martyr.  It was not an expression of satisfaction that the termination of His sufferings was now reached.  It was not the last gasp of a worn out life.  No, rather it was the declaration of...

Word of Suffering

“I thirst.”  These words were spoken by the suffering Savior a little before He bowed his head and gave up the spirit.  They are recorded only by the evangelist John.  We shall see that they are evidence of His humanity and His Divine glory too. The Spirit...

Words of Anguish

“My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” – Matthew 27:46 The very word “forsaken” is one of the most tragic in all human speech.  This word brings to mind such calamity of a man being forsaken by his friends, a wife forsaken by her...