WHAT THE GUARDS SAW
Early Sunday morning, and darkness still shrouds the Judean hills. The Roman guards stamp their feet and shiver against the chill, longing for the warmth …
WHY HE CAME
Most of us are familiar with Isaiah 9:6-7; it’s a favorite Christmas text. But notice that the passage starts with the word “FOR”. What is …
MORE LIKE JESUS
It’s inevitable. Summer’s glory has faded and slanted into autumn’s waning light. We New Englanders feel the change and brace for another winter. We look …
SOMETHING TO BITE INTO
Everyone loves a luscious piece of fruit – a tree-ripened apple, a juicy peach. Ruby red strawberries. Maybe that’s why the result of the Holy …
72,000 ANGELS ON HOLD
The air was thick with the smell of fear. The powers of darkness, armed and dangerous, converged on the little group in the Garden. Jesus …
TEARS IN HEAVEN
No way! God will wipe away all our tears, right? And yet I hear someone crying. Oh, it’s John! “I wept and wept because no …
NEVERENDING FIRE
We know about the fire of judgment. But there is another fire for the believer – the fire that we offer up to God day …
PIERCED EARS
We might startle at these words in 1 Jn. 2:6: “Whoever claims to live in Him must live as Jesus did.” Really? A challenge! So …
THE FINNISH MONTHS
The old year has survived its darkest days, and now the earth turns toward light. We get the first glimpses in Tammikuu, Turning Month, JANUARY. …