“And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.” (Matthew 2:11-12) We’ve all heard the story, so much so that a few of us could probably quote the verses. So why talk about the […]

“Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait til the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts.” (I Corinthians 4:5) I recently heard a different account of the Christmas Story, told through the eyes of a six year-old little Russian boy named Misha. He took a few liberties with the truth, but boy did it ever change the way he looked at the world around him. Misha had never heard the story about the birth […]

“I do not sit with deceitful men, nor do I consort with hypocrites.” (Psalms 26:4) When my wife and I met, it didn’t take long for me to realize that her faith was very important to her. “You’re pretty religious, aren’t you?,” I asked her on our first date. I’ll never forget her answer: “No, I’m not religious at all. I’m a Christian.” I couldn’t understand why she had a problem with being labeled as religious, at least not until I became a Christian and could understand the […]

“The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.” (Matthew 13:41-43) Everyone may looked saved in your church, but the Bible says it ain’t so. That’s what the Parable of the Wheat and […]