Pastor's Blog (Page 4)
Forgiveness is erasing the debt, right? Jesus Christ erases the sin debt of any who repent of their sins and yield their lives to Him as Lord and Savior. Many of us are solid on that. Many of us also have a firm understanding of Christ’s cleansing from sin after salvation. We readily quote 1 John 1:9. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will…
“Blessed are the poor in spirit…” is a portion of the text I have been preparing to speak on this Sunday. So you can imagine how the name of this trucking company caught my eye! Super ego holding. What a surprising name for a trucking company! Would it surprise you to know their web site says they are the best? But Jesus turned the super ego approach upside-down and said,…
What Is the Currency of the Kingdom of Heaven?
As you well know, every kingdom has its currency. Long before the Romans had the denarius and the Greeks their drachma, any sovereign nation worth its salt has insisted on its own currency. The currency or coin usually highlights significant features of that nation with an image, inscription, or…
Truly This Man Was the Son of God
The sun has now set for good this Friday. Strangest thing happened earlier this afternoon: complete darkness for about three hours, then light again for a while before sunset. In all my years there’s never been a day quite like this one. Three men crucified together—that’s not unique. Neither was the soldiers’ disparaging and brutality of the condemned—I’ve come to expect…
Palm Sunday
In the opening pages of his gospel, Matthew informs us that the King entered our world as an infant. Matthew contrasts Him with that very small man who called himself Herod the Great. Remember the despot who was so threatened by what the magi said that he slaughtered all the babies in and around Bethlehem? Fast-forward from His infancy to the triumphal entry into…
