Dec 3, 2018 | Word Among Us
My kingdom does not belong to this world. According to Scripture, Cain, who killed his brother Abel, also founded the first city (Genesis 4:17). From that point on, violence has been a part of every kingdom in history. Just about any ruler you can name has used...
Dec 1, 2018 | Word Among Us
They are the children of God because they are the ones who will rise. Lying on an infirmary cot at the age of twenty-four, Thérèse of Lisieux assessed her situation. “I am not dying,” she wrote to a friend. “I am entering life.” Far from becoming gloomy at the...
Nov 30, 2018 | Word Among Us
Your decrees are my delight. Most people don’t like being told what to do. Especially as we grow up, rules seem less necessary and even a little stuffy. Try this simple test: what is your first reaction when you think of the Ten Commandments? Don’t they...
Nov 29, 2018 | Word Among Us
. . . an open door to heaven. Late in his life, the apostle John found himself on Patmos, a desert island on the Aegean Sea that served as a Roman penal colony. The emperor Domitian had exiled him there as punishment for his continued preaching about Jesus. It...
Nov 28, 2018 | Word Among Us
Zacchaeus. . . was seeking to see who Jesus was. Why was the town’s chief tax collector so eager to catch a glimpse of Jesus? Perhaps he was just curious, or maybe he just wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Whatever the case, this fellow, who got rich off...
Nov 27, 2018 | Word Among Us
The revelation of Jesus Christ. Have you ever wondered what the Book of Revelation is about? You’re not alone. This book has baffled, bedeviled, and frightened readers for centuries. That’s mainly because the Book of Revelation is a different kind of writing...
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