Treasuring what is truly Important

But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. Luke 2:20. One of the more profound statements in the incarnation of Christ was this simple commentary on Mary’s reaction to the events that she experienced. There are only two places in Luke that...

Christ in the Flesh

Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bondservant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being...

Loving Life

To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit; not returning evil for evil or insult for insult but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing. For, “The one...

For God so loved the world …

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him. Whoever believes in...

What Should We Feel Responsible For?

Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his...

Training not Teaching

And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” Mark 1:17. Jesus was masterful at training His disciples. He called them to Himself, but it was for a purpose. He called Simon and Andrew from an occupation of fishing to becoming fishers...