On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days … and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home. “Lord,” Martha [...]
Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But [...]
There is no doubt: we are living in difficult times. Violent deaths. Violence against women, children and the elderly. Governments oppressing their people. Sexual immorality. Child sexual exploitation. The rich getting richer and the poor poorer. Unemployment out of control. Economic problems worldwide. Even nature is affected by our actions. There seems to be no [...]
What comes to your mind when you hear the word “power”? If you like sports maybe you would think of A home run A dunk A knock out If you like science maybe you would think of A volcano A twister The sun Or maybe you would think of other things as An explosion Wealth [...]
Early on the first day of the week… Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, [...]
Hope is the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best. In these times we live in it is hard to set our hope in something. We could set our hope in a good job, but keeping it is completely out of our control. We could [...]
The best is yet to come I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. - Romans 8:18 If someone taught you that Christians don’t suffer, let me tell you that such teaching isn’t from the bible. In fact, you will find many bible verses [...]
When we listen to the daily news it is easy to get frustrated and lose our perspective. As Christians, we wonder what we can do to stop this endless violence. It is also possible that a sense of anger arises in us against the people involved in all this violence. It is also difficult to [...]
For some weeks we have been enjoying the spring season: the trees, the flowers, the weather, longer days, outdoor activities, etc. We have completely forgotten the winter with its cold weather, the leafless trees, shorter days, etc. Year after year we see the effects of winter in nature. Anyone not used to the changes that [...]
Probably everybody has gone through the experience of losing the car keys. This usually happens at the worst time, when you really need to use the car. You need to go to an important meeting and you are already late. The worst thing is that you know that the keys are somewhere in the house [...]
