The Jordan River in the Judean Wilderness -------------------------------- Mark 1:1-8 -- The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, as it is written in…
From "Don't Let Christmas Destroy You" by Joshua Rogers, posted December 6, 2017 at: www.joshuarogers.com ---------------------- A few years ago, on Christmas Day, a friend was celebrating with…
Open Your Eyes to All the Gifts God Has Given You This Christmas By Randy Alcorn, at www.epm.org , December 8, 2017 Sometimes focusing on God’s “big miracles”—like…
North Korean Christians gathering in secret for prayer. ----------------- From the December 5, 2017 reading of "Standing Strong Through the Storm," posted at: www.opendoorsusa.org (no author's name is listed) ---------------------…
By Rick Warren, December 1, 2017, at: www.pastorrick.com --------------- There is a strong belief in our culture that influences every one of us, whether we want it to…
(...continued) Martin Luther himself found this to be the case. When he was young and brilliant and powerful, and the revolution he started in the church was…
Definition of apocalypse: a) a class of Jewish or Christian writings that appeared from about 200 B.C. to 350 A. D., that were assumed to make revelation of the ultimate divine purpose. b) a prophetic revelation, especially concerning a cataclysm in which the forces of good permanently triumph over the forces of evil. The phrase “apocalyptic literature” is used to describe the use of symbols, images, and…
Mark 13:24-37 -- (Jesus said), “But in those days, following that distress, ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from…
---------------------------------------- Jerry had a bad week. There was some trouble at work, his car broke down on the highway costing him over a thousand dollars, and he had been…
By Eric Metaxas, Novermber 30, 2017, at: www.breakpoint.org If you’re dealing with depression, you might as well know there are no quick fixes, but there is always God’s…