Bible Readings for February 27 – Matthew 8:18, 23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25 Fear is powerful. Politicians know that, and that’s why so many of their campaign ads try to convince you that if their opponents win, the world as we know it will come to an end. But other…

With all of the scandals and theological disagreements both within and between our modern denominations, to say that the Church is a hot mess is a bit of an understatement. So, what should we Christians do about all this division, all this impurity within our ranks? Well, in today’s passage,…

Yes, it is important for Christians to share their faith. Yes, we are all called to participate in Jesus’ Great Commission to make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19). Or as Jesus explains in the Parable of the Sower and the Soils, we are called to cast the seed of…

Once we’ve been saved, why has Jesus left us in this world? Once we’ve trusted in Him as Savior and bowed the knee to Him as Lord, why doesn’t He just whisk us off into Heaven the way He did with Enoch (Genesis 5:24)? Well, what can we do here…

When we hear the parable of the Sower and the Soils, most of the time we jump immediately to self-diagnosis, wondering which kind of soil we might be. And it is a good thing to be aware of how Satan works in people’s lives. His most powerful tool, as Mark…

Jesus’ words sound so harsh to our Southern ears, don’t they? For no matter how old a Mississippi man may be, he knows better than to sass his mama. So, by refusing to see His family, was Jesus trying to disown them? Of course not. After all, John’s gospel tells…

“If I could only see a miraculous sign, I’d believe in Christ.” Maybe that’s the way you feel today, and it’s certainly what the scribes and Pharisees said (verse 38). But in this chapter alone, Jesus had already restored a man’s withered hand and cast out a demon from a…

It seems crazy to us, but when the Pharisees witnessed Jesus’ obviously divine power, a power that He used time and time again to bless and heal the poor and sick, they somehow came to the conclusion that He did all these things because He was wicked. In fact, verse…

“I will give you rest.” In one way or another, aren’t we all weary, burdened with problems, sorrows and cares? So, who would want to refuse such a beautiful promise? The cities in which most of Jesus’ miracles were done, that’s who. The citizens of Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum had…

You just can’t please some folks, can you? As Jesus points out, the scribes and the Pharisees of the day didn’t like John because he challenged their complacency, calling everyone instead to greater self-denial and holiness. But at the same time, they didn’t think Jesus went far enough in His…