Ye Are the Salt of the Earth
A Balanced View of God
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Job 33-34 Saturday: Jeremiah 22-26 Sunday: Mark 13-14 During the difficult days of World War II, a young Jewish girl in the Warsaw ghetto of Poland managed to escape over the wall and hide in a cave. Tragically, she died shortly before the Allied army broke into the ghetto to…
The Joy of God’s Presence
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 48-50 Jerusalem was the chosen city of God, the place where his divine glory had been most fully put on display. In Jerusalem David united the kingdom and brought the ark of the covenant. In Jerusalem Solomon built the temple, a house for God’s glory. In Jerusalem Christ presented…
Remembering Victory Comes from the Lord
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 2 Samuel 1-4 No one who knew Kurt Warner in the early 1990s at the University of Northern Iowa would have predicted that he would be picked as the most valuable player of Super Bowl XXXIV less than ten years later. But he was. On January 30, 2000, quarterback Kurt…
The challenge of Habits
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Exodus 13-16 A grandfather and his grandson were on a walk. As they walked along the trail, the grandfather pointed to a small plant and told the young boy to uproot the small plant. The boy did so easily. They came to a slightly larger plant, and the grandfather told…
The Importance of the Resurrection
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 1 Corinthians 15-16 When Christians speak to unbelievers, they often discover that the truths of Scripture that we hold so dear are disbelieved, even mocked by unbelievers. Now in many circles it is not so strange that we believe in God. It does not even seem odd to many people…
The Declaration of Innocence
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Job 31-32 Saturday: Jeremiah 17-21 Sunday: Mark 11-12 A man was traveling on a lonely road in Japan when he was robbed and killed. Two supposed witnesses claimed that Ishimatsu Yoshid, an innocent bystander, committed the crime. One of them grabbed Yoshid and started beating him, yelling, “Confess.” “No,” Ishimatsu…