Matthew 1:23 -Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. We’ve all heard and read this passage countless times. Throughout the entire universe this passage is perhaps the most widely familiar, ...

2 Peter 1:4-7 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises; that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. There’s a subtle teaching penetrating the evangelical churches, undetected by many. Spiritual Formation is the ...

Reading Matthew chapter 2 vs 1-12 阅读马太福音第2章和1-12节 They call me a wise man… well I thought I was. 他们称我为智者…我以为我是。 I am a man of the East, and live in a society that believes in all types of deities. 我是一个东方人，生活在一个信仰各种神灵的社会里。 From my youth, I have been fascinated by the ancient writings. Some of these writings were brought ...

John 13:34-35  A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. The Bible doesn’t leave much room for doubt ...

Oh that God’s church would display, a heart of love and not disarray. His love is not shown as it should be, which causes an absence of harmony. It seems that some of our leaders, have caused disruption among believers. We should each be sure of our salvation, especially with ...

Isa 7:14  Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Immanuel = “God with us” or “with us is God” Jesus had to come to earth and be born by ordinary means. For him ...

The hymn, Amazing Grace, is one of the most popular songs of all time. It is sung or played at funerals and even at secular concerts. The text was written by John Newton in 1772. Before his conversion to the Christian faith, he was a slave trader, during which time he had ...

Come with me to the heart and mind of a teenager experiencing Christmas in North Wisconsin. This is not a modern Christmas, but rather Christmas as experienced in the 1940s and 50s. We expected Christmas to be cold with lots of snow. If it wasn’t, what a disappointment. The white ...

Judges 5:7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. The Bible doesn’t really get into great details or specifics about Deborah. She is referred to as a prophetess, and a highly recognized and esteemed judge ...

James 2:24 You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? How can we know that we have a true ...