Moving Day

      Luke is the only non-Jewish writer of any book in the Bible.  His gospel and the book of Acts comprise over one fourth of the New Testament. This lengthy writing focuses on Jesus’ many parables and teaching but does not neglect the report of miracles.  Luke emphasized that salvation was for everyone,  an appropriate…

  The season is upon us!   Christmas.  The celebration of the birth of Christ.  If you haven’t heard Mallary Hope’s Christmas is All about You grab a device and you tube it now.  It’s my new theme song for Christmas.     Those of you who know me KNOW I love black Friday, not the deals,…

     THINKIN’ On  these words of David  in Psalm 86.    It was written during one of David’s many tough times.    He begins by asking God to “hear”  him and “answer”    He repeats this request again in verse 6.  And this time,   David asks God to hear him and grant him,  not what he…

   Fear of the Unknown can bring crippling anxiety into our lives.  We have been living in the unknown for many days now.  No one really knows how this virus is spread. No one has any idea how long it is going to ravage our nation.  If you become infected, you don’t know how severe…

   A recent sermon by Jim Cymbala of Brooklyn Tabernacle NYC grabbed my attention. In full disclosure, I frequently catch his sermons, I listen to his daily 8–10-minute devotion every morning.  Cymbala stated there are reasons we do not see a supernatural move of the Holy Spirit in our churches.   I thought it was because we’ve…

  John,  the beloved disciple.  One of the first disciples called.  Part of Jesus’ inner circle.  A fisherman by trade.  The author with the most to say wrote his account of the gospel almost twenty years after the others.  Ancient sources indicate an elderly John, living in Ephesus was asked to write his memories of Jesus…