A funny, little carved figurine I inherited from my Great Aunt sits on my mantle.  It is a figure of a man, looking somewhat like a monk,...

The Creator became what He had created!

What God creates is good. We still see much of the beauty and goodness that God created in our world today, even though it is marred...

If God created our world as good and beautiful, how did all this suffering enter into it?

When Adam and Eve fell, and the affects of sin entered the world, they were in desperate need of some hope. Their once beautiful world now...

Isaiah 9:6 (KJV) For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his...

I John 2:2 (NIV)He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. For...

Micah 5:2 (NIV)“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,    though you are small among the clans of Judah,out of you will come for me    one who will be ruler over Israel,whose...

Florence Nightingale, the British founder of modern nursing, spent many years observing her patients and gathering helpful knowledge about best practices for nursing care. One thing...

There once was a time when the people of God lost their scriptures.

Last words. We tend to take them seriously. Whether we are talking about death, or just about not seeing someone for a long time, we usually...

The book of Luke opens with the story of the faithful priest, Zacharias, and his wife Elizabeth. We are told that Elizabeth is barren, a great...

Finally, after 400 years of silence from heaven, God sends the angel Gabriel to bring his good news to a priest named Zacharias, who is offering...

Faithful Elizabeth is about to get the best news her life! She and Zacharias have been praying and waiting for God to provide children for them...

Luke 1:26-28 (NIV)In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be...

John 1:14 (NKJV)And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,...

Luke 1:38 (WEB)Mary said, “Behold, the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.” Henry Varley is credited with saying...

Matthew 1:18-21 (WEB)Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found...

Matthew 1:23-25 (WEB) Now all this has happened that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Behold, the virgin...

In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night. (Luke 2:8, LSB) This week,...