
SON OF ABRAHAM
Jesus was the “Son of Abraham” (Matthew 1:1). Matthew meticulously recorded Jesus’ lineage, from Abraham through David to Joseph and...

STRONG REFUGE
With the tornado sirens blasting, my dad led his young family into the basement of our rented home. As the windows rattled, he positioned...

GLORY
He is called the “God of Glory” (Psalm 29:3), the “Father of Glory” (Ephesians 1:17, ESV), the “King of Glory” (Psalm 24:7), the “Lord of...

JESUS OF GALILEE, JESUS OF NAZARETH
Galilee was a geographic region (like the Panhandle of Texas). Nazareth was a town (like Amarillo) located in south-central Galilee about...

CONSUMING FIRE
Seventy-something years ago, CS Lewis wrote the Chronicles of Narnia. Remember? Deep in the Wardrobe, as the four adventuring children...

HIM WHO CALLED YOU OUT OF DARKNESS
We tend to forget… so Peter reminds us of who we are, whose we are, where we came from, and where we’re going. “You are a chosen race, a...

CREATOR
About five-hundred years ago, Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. For four years, the great artist labored...

REWARDER
Hard work is rewarded … or it should be. If a workman is productive, his superiors should reward him with a wage commensurate with his...

PRINCE OF PEACE
Biblical peace is more than an absence of conflict and hostility. It’s a sense of harmony, of safety and security, of wholeness and...

AMEN
Is there an unwritten rule that says we must conclude every prayer with the declaration: “amen”? Does saying “amen” let God know that...