In Matthew 22:35-40, Jesus is questioned as to what the greatest commandment in the Law is, and his response was to give two that he viewed as equal. The first was to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and the other was to love your neighbor as yourself. … Continue reading Love Your Neighbor →

What Psalm would you say is the most memorable to you? For me it would be Psalm 23 for a few reasons, it was the one that I memorized first, it was the one that I heard the most growing up, and it has a great message. The Psalms were collected to give the Israelites … Continue reading More Than a Poem →

                I remember in summer camp getting out of the shower and feeling just as sweaty and dirty as when I got into it. The humidity has a lot to do with that since the camp that I attended was in West Tennessee and every day was hot and humid even without the added humidity … Continue reading Not Clean Enough →

              If you have ever tried to explain something complex to someone who has no idea of the words that you would use to explain something, how would you explain it? The easiest way is to take something that they can understand and use that to explain the complex thing. This is something that we … Continue reading How Do You Explain It? →

                Have you ever felt like the thing that you were going through was just too much? The feeling of being thrown on the waves of life has come over many people and it is something that many will have to deal with in the future. For some these moments can cause them to question … Continue reading I Can’t Handle It →

                Where do you turn in times of trouble? There are a lot of options that we can see people or things that we could turn to. We could turn to family or friends. We could rely on our own will power to get us through. We could go to someone that we trust to … Continue reading When the End is Near →

There are a lot of mistakes that we can see other people making, but the hardest thing for us to do is change how we act. When we look at other people, we can see the things that they are doing wrong and the things that they need to change. When we look at ourselves … Continue reading By Mistake →

What do you do when you receive bad news? There are a lot of different reactions that can be seen in people, they may blame the situation or the circumstance, they may blame God, they may break down and cry, or they may put their hope in God. That last one can be one of … Continue reading Surrounded by Darkness →

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." This is the opening sentence to the Declaration of Independence. This document proclaimed the independence of the United States from … Continue reading United Grace →

One of the hardest things for people to do now is to keep up their faith and to keep dealing with all the different issues that come from all sides. We may not be persecuted in the same ways that the early church was, but we do still have to deal with the things that … Continue reading Don’t Give Up →