We have now started the Holy Season of Lent. This past Sunday, we heard from the Gospel of Luke about Jesus being tempted by Satan three times in the desert. As will all of the Gospel stories, there is so…
The coming of Jesus is the most important and the most wonderful thing that has ever happened in human history. How does a human being respond to a thing like that? Consider: God becomes human (Jesus) to show his love…
Many Christians look at the modern world with despair. The old Christian culture has faded into the background and a new secular one is on the ascendancy. People embrace the wonders of technology along with the horrors of hedonism. And…
This is the Year of Jubilee! The Jubilee is an ancient tradition from the times of the Old Testament. It was a special time that occurred once every 50 years. During a Jubilee, all land was returned to its ancestral…
It is said our lives consist of where we have come from, who we are right now, and where we are going. For many of us, where we have come from can be very dominant in our minds. Sometimes it…
I am sometimes asked the question, “Is it a sin to break the law?” The general answer is yes, but there is an important exception. Civil laws are the ones enacted by the legitimate authorities of our land. As Christians,…