The Son of God proclaimed that each person alone is more valuable than the entirety of the world. So, does the title of this work contradict the Savior Himself? Christ's sacrifice on Calvary was for all without a single exception, yet His short life as a man reveals a deep affinity for the special problems and their unique intensity which afflict women. Any good man, any decent man, wishes to...
No one, and especially God has ever seriously contended that life is easy. Life's paths are strewn with obstacles, boulders, pitfalls and even mountains that challenge the ability to survive, much less overcome and prevail. No person has ever escaped walking through a dense, at times overwhelming landscape of obstacles. Fortunately, though, the truths of the Scriptures reflect that most of our...
An old adage tells us that truth is stranger than fiction. It is also more compelling and in the case of this, the old, old story of the fulfillment of God's redemptive plan it is far more shocking and gruesome. An unforgettable cast ranges from Caiaphas, Pilate, Herod and Judas Iscariot to Mary, Peter, John and Mary Magdalene. Yet all remain in death's shadow until the principal player, Jesus...
This is the old, old story of a life and death unlike any other. Based upon a synopsis of the gospel records this is an account of the final fifty days of Jesus Christ on earth, from his first determined steps to Jerusalem to His ascension. Neither the shadows nor degradation and death itself eradicate the true Light of the world. His death proved that darkness was blacker than we can imagine...
Excepting only the husband/wife foundation the basic building block of the family structure has always been the parent/child relationship. Loving, problematical, warm, volatile, and inspirational it remains a universal human experience. Do the ancient, at times almost forgotten, stories of the Bible afford any guidance today?
The Church which Christ Himself founded began in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost circa 30 A.D. It was born into a world where power was wielded by a political enormity never before seen by the world, the Roman Empire. Another power, a religious one centered in Jerusalem, the Jewish religious establishment, held an implacable hatred for Christianity and its Founder. In such hostile environs...
A fully united kingdom of ancient Israel was a short lived entity that had only three reigning monarchs. The lives and reigns of these three men, Saul, David and Solomon, provide a fascinating structure to a major portion of the Old Testament. Further, they are an ever relevant primer on how the misuse of power can devastate a nation and poison the soul of its wielder. Their lives are three...