Theme of the Day: Blessings Produce Joy For Those Who Seem Cursed We believe in “the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints.” All with saving faith in Jesus as their Savior are holy. (Saint comes from the Latin word sanctus which means holy.) God grants the status of saint to all believers. Since sainthood […]

Theme of the Day: Truth Produces Freedom We value freedom and strive to protect freedoms. But do we truly understand freedom? Freedom for many means doing what you want without control or coercion. Jesus helps us to understand true freedom: “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know […]

Theme of the Day: The Law Produces Total Dependence Last week we heard Jesus ask, “When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8). As we consider Jesus’ question, it might be easy to assume that any decrease in faith we observe in the world corresponds with an increase […]

Theme of the Day: Promises Produce Persistence In Prayer Disciples of Jesus need to learn how to pray. We need Jesus to teach us to ask for those things which our Father in heaven promises us. We need to pray for what he wants for us more than what we want from him. However, learning […]

Theme of the Day: Generosity Produces Gratitude Gratitude is the appreciation and thankfulness we feel when someone does something kind to us or for us. There are two key factors that influence the intensity of gratitude. First, there is the deservedness factor. Say you do a favor for your neighbor, picking up his mail when […]