Is God Personal to you?

A young lady came to me after the service on Sunday and had asked some good questions about prayer since that is what I spoke on. One of the things she was curious about is how does prayer continue to be meaningful to us because there is such a tendency to treat it as...

The Joy of the Lord is your Strength

And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law. Then he said to...

The Assurance of our Salvation

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the...

Justice for All

In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. Judges 17:6; 21:25. “So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and...

The Killing of our Children

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men. Then...