We finished last week seeing that, “They which be of faith, are blessed with faithful Abraham” and they are “the children of Abraham” (Gal 3:9). In verse 10, we see a contrast - that those who seek to be justified by the Law of Moses are under a curse. Why?
A Bible that once belonged to Elvis Presley and contains his handwritten notes and thoughts sold for $94,600 at an auction in England, according to Omega Auctions. One of the Scriptures marked in his bible was Luke 9:25: “For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself”?
In the past months I have become painfully aware of a phenomenon we don’t often think about. It is called separation anxiety. Life is a series of “letting go” in relationships and places. “Separation” is painful and takes it toll on our lives. Yet when “separations” happen we can thank God for those blessings we have experienced.
Do you remember your first day of school? I remember the time, on a hot summer day, that my mother let go of my hand for me to get on the ...
Blanco United Methodist Church is doing a Worship Service make-over. We have a great desire to reach the young people of our community to share the grace and mercy of Jesus Christ and the power of God that we all need to live each day. The Shekinah Praise and worship service will be youth-led and youth-focused.
Stephen Ministers bring distinctively Christian care to those in need. They use both words and deeds to express Christ’s care for others—listening and comforting, calling on the training they have received and employing the tools of faith. If this job description fits your personal goals for ministry, consider becoming a Stephen Minister.
Let us begin at the beginning by what it means to be created in the image of God. Genesis 1:26 reads, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness…” Then in Genesis 1:27, “So, God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” Humans are created in the image of God and in God’s likeness.
Now is the time to find Jesus Christ, if you haven’t yet met Him, because you don’t know what today may bring.
Today, when watching the news I saw more people in favor of love and peace, than hate.
God is in control, even if you don’t think so. This has been prophesied, and it will be fulfilled. The stage is being set so people will be desperate for someone who will bring peace to the world, and that deceiver will be the antichrist. So beware. Turn to Jesus while you s ...
If you would like to have a really great day, try starting it out by reading God’s Word in the morning. If I don’t start out my day reading God’s Word I will have a crazy, confused day. But, when I begin my mornings centered on Jesus, I have blessed days!
The Bible is the bestselling book year after year, with over 2 billion copies in print. It was completed 2,000 years ago and stands today as the as the best preserved literary work of any book in antiquity, with over 24,000 ancient New Testament manuscripts discovered.
The second best literary work is Homer’s Iliad with 643 preserve manuscripts.
William Wilberforce lived in England more than two centuries ago and the consuming passion of his life was to end the slave trade in the British Empire, but most saw him as one of the most unlikely persons of that painful period to do so.
Wilberforce was in poor health, suffering from such physical distress and deformity that a journalist of that time wrote of his “twisted body”.
