Posts from April 2024

Weekly Update – April 25th, 2024 In James chapter 4, our writer begins by asking the question, “what causes quarrels and what causes fights among you?”  James is not asking because he doesn’t know the answer here though.  He is asking because he knows the answer and he is trying to make a point with his readers.  The reason for their fighting and quarreling is because their “passions are at war” inside of them. (Jas. 4:1).  What makes this worse…

Weekly Update – April 18th, 2024 Money is not an easy topic to bring up with anyone.  Nobody wants to think about a debt they owe, just as no one likes to come face to face with how much or how little money they have.  Yet in our world, we have accountants, financial planners, and the IRS that all tell us what we should do with our money.  No matter what our thoughts are here, the question we should ask…

Weekly Update – April 11th, 2024 In Luke 10:25-37, we find the popular account of what has traditionally been called, The Parable of the Good Samaritan. As the parable begins, there is a lawyer who comes up to Jesus and asks him what he needs to do to ensure that he has eternal life.  Jesus masterfully turns the question around and asks lawyer what the Scriptures say.  This lawyer replies in Luke 10:27, “You shall love the Lord your God…

Weekly Update – April 4th, 2024 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”  That verse from Genesis 1:1 is probably very familiar to you.  In fact, behind John 3:16, that is likely one of the first verses you may have memorized from the Bible.  But lets try to look a little bit deeper into what is going on when God created everything.  How did God create?  God created everything by speaking it into existence.  Before God spoke…