Daily Devotional

“No one after lighting a lamp puts it under a bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.” – Matthew 5:15 (NRSV) Have […]

Matthew and Luke tell us the story of a time when Jesus was surrounded by his disciples and others on the hillside, and he taught them so many things about

Matthew 5:1-12 I am sure you are very familiar as I am when it comes to reading the Beatitudes; the teaching of our Lord Jesus, the prince of all preachers.

The Sermon on the Mount begins with the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12,) a series of “blessed are… for they will” statements. There are many ways to read this text; one way

The Beatitudes given to us by Jesus at the Sermon on the Mount, present a stark contrast between the values of this world and what God values. All you have

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.” – Matthew 5:7 (NRSV) There have been books written on the hard sayings of Jesus and I don’t know that this

There’s a huge market in our modern world for “protective services”. I see the yard signs and hear the commercials daily for the alarm companies here in the good ‘ole

We are told that this is a Psalm of trust shared between a pilgrim on the way to Jerusalem and the Lord God. The Lord is the psalmist’s savior and

If you know me at all, you know that I love sleep. Sleeping is the greatest. I think naps are the best, and my heart breaks every time my alarm

It is no surprise that the people of the Bible viewed deserts as a place where death was always near. There were two tourists who went on a desert hike