As the season of gift giving approaches, we hear people asking the question “What gift would you like this year?”  Usually this inquiry comes from parents or grandparents and it is usually addressed to the youngsters among us.  But in I Kings 3:5-15 we find the account a young man, Solomon, who at no more than 18 finds himself being asked by God, “What shall I give you?”

    Think on that for a moment. The creator of the universe asking you what would you like from Him. What would be your response?  Well, Solomon, the third son of King…

A survey on teen ethics asked nearly 30,000 high school students about their moral standards and behavior. Some of the results: 25% admitted to stealing from parents, relatives or friends during the past year; 33% said they had shoplifted; and 64% said they had cheated on at least one test. But most interesting of all, 77% of those students said they believe they are “better than most people” when it comes to doing the right thing!

Whether teens or adults, it’s easy to be blind to our own faults. And even when…

Jude 16 These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts;

     Throughout the scriptures there is an attitude that is always condemned by God. It is the attitude of being a gripping, grumbling, complaining , murmuring, negative person.

1 Corinthians 10:10 nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

       So what exactly does it mean to be a complainer or a murmurer? I do not believe we are expected to enjoy suffering. When Jesus was…

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Best Friends

Proverbs 18:24 there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

     One of the greatest blessings of our life is our friends. A friend is someone who will stick close to you even in difficult times. Sunshine friends are not true friends at all. They will tell you they are your friends and be glad to be with you when everything is going great. However, when times become difficult for you they will be gone before you know it.

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Matthew 2:23 says that Joseph, Mary, and the young child Jesus “came and resided in a city called Nazareth, that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, ‘He shall be called a Naza­rene.’” This verse has troubled many Bible students because the state­ment, “He shall be called a Nazarene” is not found anywhere in the Old Testament. What are we to make of this?

One clue is Matthew’s use of the plural “the prophets.” The gos­pel writers often quote from Old Testament prophets, but the typical wording is: “that what…

Looking forward to the Answers Yesterday, I was sitting in the chair in a barbershop in Denver, Colorado. Like normal I asked the person cutting my hair what were her passions in life and what were some things she was … Read More →

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LEYES TERRENALES Y LOS CRISTIANOS El contexto general en el que se escribe Romanos 13:1-7 tiene que ver con las responsabilidades de los cristianos incluyendo claro está la responsabilidad con el gobierno civil. A manera de introducción cabe la oportunidad mencionar que … Read More →

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Something Far Worse than Covid “Covid is real!” “Covid is deadly!” “People need to take Covid seriously!” Such statements ring resoundingly from both national news and social media outlets alike…And they’re absolutely right! Many Americans who had reportedly tested positive … Read More →

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God Sees Right through Me

by Jacob Hudgins

“Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, ‘Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!’ Nathanael said to him, ‘How do you know me?’ Jesus answered him, ‘Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you’”(John 1:47).

I love this little story. On sight Jesus knows Nathanael, and knows him thoroughly. He knows there is no deceit in him—a description that Nathanael finds so fitting that he immediately asks Jesus how he knows this! Then Jesus astounds him further,…