Hundreds upon thousands of peace treaties have been promised, signed, and broken by people since the beginning of our creation. Human beings end up making peace agreements that are eventually always broken. On our own we cannot find peace and we will continue to be at war with each other. And most importantly, on our … Read more
Truth can be elusive. Lots of things claim to be true and are not. In this message we look at the Christian’s foundation for truth and also some truth counterfeits that can trip us up.
When we give gifts at Christmas, it’s an attempt to show someone that we care about them. We attempt to give some sort of physical expression in something that we hope they will love and enjoy. So, at best, our gift giving is a display of love. But, of course, there’s a darker side to … Read more
Would you say that our world is joyful? We’d like it to be joyful, wouldn’t we? Especially at Christmas. Do you ever try to talk yourself into joy? Do you ever find yourself trying to manufacture or evoke joy from others? The truth is that anyone can be joyful for a moment, when everything is … Read more
Most everyone is seeking peace especially during the Christmas season. However, if we are honest with ourselves we might have to admit that we experience a lot more stress than peace. The gospel of Luke chapter 2 is the most well known and most well used Scripture verses of all time as it pertains to … Read more
Today we’re talking about HOPE. Hope is always related to something future that has not yet unfolded. You can’t hope for something that has already materialized or that you can hold in your hand. Then you wouldn’t be hoping, you’d be observing. In order to have hope, you have to hope for something that you … Read more
Empathy is often confused with sympathy but the two are different. To be sympathetic is to feel sorry for the other person. It is to look at someone else’s pain and situation and say or think, “That stink’s!” And then, after we say that to them we just move on with our life because it does … Read more
We’ve all had difficult times where we have felt very alone. Sometimes the people you think will be there aren’t, and the people you never expected are, but either way it can be difficult trust enough to let others into our pain. When I look back, I can see that part of feeling alone was … Read more
Laodicea was a well-fortified city and it was built in a strategic location to be a support to trade routes and to benefit from them. As a result it was exceedingly wealthy. In fact, it was such a wealthy town that 30 years before this letter was written they had experienced a devastating earthquake and … Read more