Jesus said to his disciples, “I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.” (Matt. 16:18). When Peter made his declaration, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” (Matt. 16:17) he was declaring that Jesus was the Messiah of the Jewish people. In the book of…
A seminary classmate of mine, Scott Lothery, now serves at Living Faith Community Church (EFC) on Long Island. He has written a wonderful book called ALWAYS GOOD NEWS. Here is a snippet from the Amazon page: “We live in a bad news world filled with relentlessly disturbing headlines – war and crime, poverty and pandemics,…
4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? Overcomers. This is one of the names of Christ followers in the New Testament. Probably few of us feel…
[16] “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates, [17] “‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ [18] For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ [19] The Son of…
I want to tell you about my best friend. I met him when I was 12 years old. We have known each other for 35 years. He knows everything about me, and yet I am still getting to know him more each day. He is simply amazing. Let me try to describe him with three words: Love, Truth, and Grace. First, his…