Most people want to believe that there is someone greater than themselves who will help them in their time of need.  Jesus taught us to pray to our Father in heaven.  Perhaps you have prayed to God for things and He has answered your prayers and given you what you desired.  But it may seem […]

The Old Testament tells us about God and His plan for mankind.  It also describes the people of old with their successes and failures and how God dealt with them.  We can learn a lot from reading and studying the Old Testament.  From those who walked in faith, we can learn how we should walk.  […]

People can claim to be Christians when in reality their religion is useless.  They may attend all of the church assemblies and other activities; they may wear a necklace with a gold cross; they may give generously to the church; they may use the accepted words that Christians use.  But their profession of religion may […]

Martha, Mary and Lazarus were two sisters and a brother that lived in the town of Bethany which was approximately two miles from Jerusalem.  Jesus apparently stopped at their house occasionally when He came to Jerusalem and grew to love the family members.  This was the Lazarus who became ill and died and Jesus raised […]

God has blessed mankind with the ability to talk.  Animals have the ability to make noises and communicate with one another, but people are unique in their ability to express themselves in complex languages.  While God has blessed us with the ability to speak, what comes out of our mouths is not always good.  James […]

The following is known as the story of the Good Samaritan.  Luke 10:25-37 “And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, ‘Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?’  So he answered and said, ‘’You […]

Jesus was both a physical man and also the Son of God.  But not everyone believes that.  There was a problem with a false doctrine in the first century described in 2 John 7 “For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This […]

James encourages us to be doers of the word. James 1:22-25 “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.  For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and […]

Jesus was crucified, but after three day and three nights in the grave, He was resurrected and came to life again.  He appeared to many, but especially to his apostles.  Acts 1:3 “To whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking […]

Jesus came to this earth and overcame.  He overcame the temptations of the devil who wanted Him to fall down and worship Him (Matthew 4:1-11).  He overcame those who were opposed to His teaching.  He overcame the religious leaders who wanted to destroy Him.  He overcame all the physical and spiritual temptations He experienced as […]