A rooster crowed loud and clear, dividing night from morning. Simon awoke with a start, surfacing from a bad dream. Where is Messiah? The question had tormented his sleep. His sore feet throbbed from yesterday’s interminable search. High and low, around every corner and doorway, he had sought Jesus and His disciples in some upper…
The door of our house shuts with a slam. I stop kneading dough in my porcelain bowl and look up as my husband runs into the cooking room. “Quick, woman, where are our daughters? And their fiancés? ” He pulls me by the wrist to the living room where two men stand. Tall, handsome, and…
How does the manger in Bethlehem compare with God’s throne room in heaven?
Welcome to Smyrna, whose congregation suffered perhaps the greatest persecution in all Christianity. As a materially poor church located in a wealthy city, their faithful works performed in the name of the Lord Jesus brought them great tribulation on earth, yet great reward in heaven. First, a little history … Located about thirty-five miles north…
The summer is starting to peak in Texas, consuming all things green and flowering. Day after day, the sun stabs the still air with its fiery glare, pre-heating the morning with the wicked promise of an afternoon inferno that scorches everything within reach. No shade-giving clouds. No tender breezes. No wet raindrops to cool the parched earth…
