Posts with the tag “church”

“Wake, awake for night is flying!” the watchmen on the heights are crying, “Awake, Jerusalem arise!” Wake, and be watchful, for the bridegroom is coming! Get ready! This is what Jesus’ parable tells y...  Read More

Now one way to sum up the message of the Bible in six words could be, “Kill the dragon, get the girl.” Now this implies that Someone is doing the work of killing and getting, and we’ll get to that, bu...  Read More

How much did the wise men know? Well, being astrologers, they looked at the stars for signs, but the sign didn’t tell them a whole lot. It’s likely that if they were from Babylon, where God’s people w...  Read More

These are the words of a strong childlike faith. We are God’s children through faith in Christ Jesus. If we are in trouble or distress, where will we flee? We will flee to God, for he is our refuge an...  Read More

Although rejected by men, Christ would become the chief cornerstone of the new structure, setting every angle of the building....  Read More

Yet things in the church are not always well in this world. The church experiences distress. It seems like God no longer protects it. The wall is down. There is no growth. We pray to God, why is this ...  Read More

In the first century there were all sorts of ideas concerning who Jesus is. King Herod, who killed John the Baptist, saw Jesus as a resurrected John, riling up the people with his calls to repentance....  Read More