Good morning, everyone.   Our verse for today comes from John 3:7, "Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'"   This verse is about as close as I come to disagreeing with Jesus.  Now I know that puts me on shaky ground, He being the Son of...

Good morning, brothers and sisters.   Our verse for today comes from John 2:21, "But He was speaking of the temple of His body."   There is something called the Global Language Monitor, which supposedly exists to inform you and me of how global trends can...

Good morning, friends.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 14:5, “When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them, they learned of it and fled.”   “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”  If you’re...

Good morning, everyone.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 14:4, “But the people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles.”   “A house divided against itself, cannot stand.”  You probably know these familiar words, and...

Good morning, friends.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 14:1, “Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Gentiles believed.”   When I mention an auctioneer, one thing...

Good morning, everyone.   Our verse for today comes from John 1:3, "All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made."   All or nothing.  If you're not that type of person, then you know someone who is.  The highs are...

Good morning, brothers and sisters.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 13:51, “But they shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium.”   The month of May is a time of strange bedfellows.  On the one hand is the return of the smell...

Good morning, everyone.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 13:47, “For the Lord has commanded us, saying, ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”   An amazing thing was happening around 500 BC. ...

Good morning, friends.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 13:48, “And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.”   Common is the saying that opposites...

Good morning, everyone.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 13:46, “And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, ‘It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you.  Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold,...