For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.  (13) For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for…

"He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'" (John 7:39) Jesus states that anyone who believes in Him, according to Holy Scripture, will be a river of living water. In Zechariah 14:8, the prophet is speaking symbolically by the mouth of God when he…

Strength of heart and mind, in part, comes from living courageously. Several men and women of God come to mind. As he entered the land of promise, Joshua was commanded to be strong and courageous, relying not on his strengths but on the reality of God being with him! (Jos.1:6-7,9) Through a brave heart, Hannah…

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Gal.3:20)  Two important events took place in people's lives when…

While working and living in Sonora, Texas, many years ago, I had to become very familiar with gates. Not just any kind of gate, but bump gates. A bump gate allows you to pull up to the gate, bump it with your vehicle and proceed through while it swings open. You better not dilly-dally, either.…

Have you ever stepped on a grass burr? Ever brushed up against a thorn bush? How about falling into Cactus? I have experienced all three of these. Growing up in West Texas, there is an abundance of all three. As school-aged child, one of our favorite things to do during recess was to chase each…

“There were also two others, criminals, led with Him to be put to death. And when they had come to the place called Calvary, they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left.” (Luk 23:32-33 NKJV) At Calvary, there are three crosses. All three represent the inevitability…

Have you ever hurt, cut deeply, grieving in your heart? Maybe it was the loss of a loved one, perhaps over a marriage that ended in divorce. Our hurt, our grief cannot compare to pain and agony that God felt before the Flood: “And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth,…

When the Spanish settled in St. Augustine in 1565, they built wooden towers along the coast to defend the city. It is possible that Spanish soldiers used bonfires to light their watchtowers; doing so made the watchtowers an early form of a lighthouse. No evidence of them remains today. In 1737, the Spanish used coquina…

 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control." (Gal.5:22-23a NKJV) Kindness, perhaps more so today than ever, is in short supply. We see a lack of compassion exhibited in the political arena, by fans in sporting events, for the homeless and needy, in our public schools, where…