Theme of the Day: Followers Of Christ See The True Purpose Of His Power Power is neither inherently good nor bad. Fire is powerful. The chef uses fire to create meals. But the arsonist uses fire to destroy homes. Nuclear fission is a powerful force. The engineer harnesses it, producing abundant electricity. The tyrant harnesses […]

Theme of the Day: Followers Of Christ Obey His Law From The Heart A loving father gives his son and daughter a list of rules and regulations. Chores, curfews, civilities, dress code—the father makes his will clearly known. The son strives to follow the rules for two reasons. 1) He wants to get his allowance. […]

Theme of the Day: The Only Food We Really Need As Jesus concluded his Bread of Life discourse, many said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” and walked away. Read carefully. They did not say the teaching was hard to understand. The meaning was clear enough. Jesus was teaching that the only […]

Theme of the Day: The Bread That Gives Wisdom And Life There are many different theories about the healthiest way to eat and diets that promote those theories. We can debate which is best, but what is undebatable is that whatever your diet, you are going to die. Perhaps a vegetarian diet is indeed easier […]

Theme of the Day: Spiritual Food For Those Focused On The Earthly Physical food is a blessing from God without which we would literally wither away and die. That is why Jesus lovingly and miraculously fed thousands of followers with only five loaves of bread and two fish. Yet, while physical food is a good […]

Theme of the Day: Fear Not, For The Lord Is With You Shortly before he ascended, Jesus told his followers they were to engage in his service—to work their way through the world, sharing the good news of salvation. Our loving Lord knew that was a big and often intimidating task. So, his next words […]

Theme of the Day: God Meets Our Need To Meet Others’ Needs King David explains, “The earth is the LORD’s and everything in it.” That word “everything” doesn’t leave any wiggle room, does it? That word “everything” means that your home and all its furnishings, your vehicle and all that’s in the trunk, your bank […]

Theme of the Day: Jesus Models A Compassionate Shepherd’s Heart In the ancient Middle East, a shepherd needed certain skills to do his job well: knowledge of edible grasses, ability to trim hooves, capacity to fend off predators, competency to birth lambs. However, the greatest qualification of a shepherd is much simpler. A good shepherd […]

Theme of the Day: Sent With God’s Own Authority When a child asks a sibling to do something there isn’t much certainty as to the results. The sibling might simply ignore the request. However, if that same child goes to a brother or sister with “Dad said so,” it’s a very different story! Now the […]

Theme of the Day: Not Glee And Gratitude, But Rejection And Resentment If ministry involves serving others with love and compassion, you would think that people would respond only with glee and gratitude for the help they received. Sometimes, but not always. If you offer to help a family member who is having trouble paying […]