Are you scared today? Are you hurting? Perhaps you’re struggling with addictions or bad habits. Maybe you’re stuck in an abusive relationship. Maybe you’re worried about your health, or the health of someone you love. Or maybe, as you look at the chaos careening through our culture, you’re just anxious…

What do you want from Jesus for Christmas? The huge crowd that followed Him across the lake and into the synagogue at Capernaum had initially been attracted to Him because they wanted to be healed from bodily disease (6:2). And all they asked Him to do was to keep on…

If there’s anything we all should have learned from recent events it is that the world is broken, and that there’s very little any of us can do to fix it. Indeed, from the drought in Mississippi and Louisiana to the flooding on the Pacific coast, our helplessness is impossible…

Are you having a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit this year? As war grinds on in Ukraine and Israel and Gaza, as our Federal government grinds to a halt in partisan bickering, and as violence continues to explode in American streets, it’s easy to see why we might…

“Do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord.” Paul’s admonition to Timothy in verse 8 may not make much sense to modern Mississippians, living as we do in the buckle of the Bible belt. But however socially acceptable it might be for us to belong to a church,…

Let’s be honest – the last five verses of chapter two are quite challenging to us Americans, accustomed as we are to women taking an equal role in all facets of our society. There has been a lot of ink spilled over these verses, and they form the central reason…

It’s easier than ever to be a hearer of the Word, isn’t it? From books to podcasts to livestreamed worship services, we have access to a constant stream of information about God. Here in Claiborne County, Mississippi, we have over 60 different congregations serving a little less than 9000 people….

Every Christian faces the same choice everyday: to pursue human passions, or to seek the will of God (4:2). But let’s face it: it usually doesn’t feel like much of a choice at all. For don’t we all tend to do what makes sense to us? Don’t we naturally want…

So, once we admit that Jesus is in fact the Messiah, the One Who fulfills all the Old Testament sacrifices and prophecies, and once we determine to trust Him completely, allowing Him to bless us in His way and in His time, how do we express that faith in Him…

So, what does it really mean to live by faith? According to our author, it means being sure of things we hope for but do not yet see. And that was certainly the case for the many people mentioned in chapter 11. Take Noah, for example. God told him to…