Devotion
Devotion
Word from Scotland: Jesus ministers radical heart surgery
We come to Matthew Chapter 5 and Verse 21. So we can sit back and think – we are all right on this one – we have not murdered – we have not criminally killed anyone – but, Jesus takes it further. What have your thoughts been – ...
Christian Living
Keeping the Faith: Choose to be Happy
“There is something rotten in the state of Denmark.” That is a centuries old phrase from William Shakespeare’s masterpiece, “Hamlet.” Going back to your high school English class, you might remember that strange things were ind...
Christian Living
Word from Scotland: Be filled with the love of Jesus and be led by the Holy Spirit
We are reading Matthew Chapter 5 and at verse 17, where we see that it is possible to think wrongly. It is possible to think in a wrong way about what Jesus Christ came to do, and to think wrongly about the Word of God, and abo...
Christian Living
Praying “in the name of Jesus”
Have you ever prayed and added the phrase "in Jesus name"? I bet you have. For some it's traditional and conventional; they have known and prayed that way forever till it only seems and sounds natural. For some people that's th...
Christian Living
The Carpinter is Dead
Blood runs along what remains of his left eyebrow. The drop hangs there for an instant and splashes to the ground. Stripped naked, on his knees, he lets his face fall forward into the dirt as the fading chill of early morning b...
Christian Living
Encountering and overcoming the emotional void
When emotional hardship is met, we find ourselves with a choice of how to fill it. There are many ways, but only one produces a final solution.
Devotion
Word from Scotland: Jesus takes a reed, turns him into a rock
We come to our final passage in John’s Gospel. We are in John Chapter 21 at verse 15 and we have spent well over two years in this profoundly revealing book.
Christian Living
Word from Scotland: Leaders lead for good or for Ill
We are in John Chapter 21, where Peter and six others return north to the Galilee and go out fishing. Leaders lead positively or negatively. We sometimes do not recognize this fact.
Christian Living
Walk On
In ancient Jerusalem there was a pool of water called Bethesda. The location served as an impromptu hospital ward, a collection point for the sick, blind, and paralyzed. These infirmed went to Bethesda to receive a hoped for he...
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Stories of grace and light: Don’t no. 3 (My 3 don’ts and 1 be)
We tend to pray to God for direction concerning certain things, and when God answers or fails to respond to it in the way we expected, we start to question Him. We hang our faith on the electric line, and we ultimately lose our...