By Dawn Wilson – June 20, 2018 – crosswalk.com Latin Origin As a young girl, visiting a little street-corner church in Chicago, I heard a preacher quote Matthew 18:20: “Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there …
The Problem with “Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner”
By Phylicia Masonheimer – May 18, 2017 – Crosswalk.com Social media has brought out a dark side of Christianity. Torrents of hate spill into Facebook comments. Names are called. Insults are hurled. And somehow, we’re expected to win people to Christ …
Morality: Does it Matter How We Live? A Christian View of Morality
By Dick Tripp The confused situation today. Can we have morality without God? the character of God. The importance of grace. Morality from the inside out. The place of conscience. Biblical guidelines from the Old and New Testaments. The centrality …
My Swaddled Savior
Jesus’s life began and ended in earthly fetters. Who better to understand ours? Jeff Peabody – November 27, 2018 – CHRISTIANITY TODAY E. B. White once lamented, “To perceive Christmas through its wrapping becomes more difficult with every year.” I …
Why Would God Leave the Ninety-Nine?
By: Tracy J. Robbins – Healthy, Happy & Prosperous Have you ever heard the saying that God will leave the ninety-nine to look for one who is lost? I had a bit of an epiphany about that while singing in …
Parable of the Lost Sheep
www.allaboutjesuschrist.org QUESTION: What does the parable of the lost sheep signify? ANSWER: The parable of the lost sheep was told by Jesus when the Pharisees criticized Him for socializing with sinners. Through this story of compassion, Jesus revealed his rescue …
The Parable of the Lost Sheep: A Closer Look
By Afshin Ziafat – May 15, 2013 – Christianity Today The parable of the lost sheep is the first of three consecutive parables Jesus shares with his disciples to show us the heart of God and the mission of Christ. …
Stubborn Pride
Wisdom Hunters – August 20, 2011 Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today- August 20, 2011 “‘I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.’” Leviticus 26:19 …
Pride Humbled
By Boyd Bailey – December 15, 2018 – Wisdom Hunters Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – December 15, 2018 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right, and …
Pride Forgets
By Boyd Bailey – August 23, 2019 – Wisdom Hunters Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – August 23, 2019 Then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of …