Category: Christ

Compare to Christ not to other mortals

January 31, 2017 | 24 comments

Are you ever tempted to compare yourself to a friend or neighbor? This can be an unhealthy mental path to pursue because too often it leads to envy, jealousy or depression if you feel like they have advantages over you,

Under God’s government

August 23, 2016 | 21 comments

With the presidential election in the United States moving past the conventions and now headed toward the final election in November, there is a great amount of thought going into what the future government of the country should look like.

Heal that resentment

August 9, 2016 | 18 comments

A more positive spin on resentment popped into my mind recently when I was praying for someone to be free of it. I heard in my prayers that “Resentment is an unfinished healing.” How often have you felt guilty for holding

Escape capture

April 29, 2016 | 13 comments

The following verse arrested my attention in the book of John about Jesus’ course of action after he pronounced some deep spiritual truths that made certain members of his audience want to kill him. “…they sought again to seize him,

Embrace the cross and lighten your load

March 3, 2016 | 17 comments

Here’s a short animated video that cleverly captures the awe-inspiring freedom that comes from understanding what it means to bow before the cross, to let the Lord take your burdens away and to be led down a path of peace.