Hidden Mangers by Steve Hemphill
This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger. Luke 2:12 The Adventure of Advent is nearly over! Probably everyone reading this devotional has a childhood experience where you participated in a nativity play or scene. If you were a girl, the only real […]
Loving Others by Gary Smith
Restore us, God Almighty; make your face shine on us; that we may be saved. Psalm 80:7 NIV Two more sleeps! Just two more sleeps! John 3:16 tells us God loves the world so much he gave to it his only Son. That is a lot of love. He did not just give his Son […]
The Truth of the Matter by John Dowling
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him […]
The Truth of the Matter by John Dowling
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him […]
By Whose Authority by Jerry Hill
Then he was back in the temple, teaching. The high priests and leaders of the people came up and demanded, “Show us your credentials. Who authorized you to teach here?” Matthew 21:23 Several years ago, when Janet and I were living in Springfield, our church had a guest speaker who was a Bible translator. His […]
The One by Constance McNeill, Associate Pastor, Administration
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him, and the obedience of the peoples is his. Genesis 49:10 Don’t we usually prefer warm and fuzzy verses, especially at Christmas? After all, it’s love and baby coos and animals lowing. It’s so homey and […]