Every year on Maundy Thursday (the day before Good Friday) I like to watch The Passion of the Christ. My favorite scene is the opening scene of Christ praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. The actor did a superb job of portraying the emotional turmoil Christ experienced in the garden just a few hours before [...]

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. Galatians 3:26-27Galatians 3:26-27English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEV26 All of you are God’s children because of your faith in Christ Jesus. 27 And when you were baptized, it was as though [...]

You are no longer to be dominated by sin. Yes, you’ll struggle against sin for the rest of your days. But there is no need to be mastered by it. Baptism is a symbol that a boundary has been crossed. A transition has occurred, and there is really no “going back” to the way you [...]

Jesus, Son of God, was born to Earth as a flesh and blood child, that we might be able to relate, one on one, with God. He took on the features and flesh of man. He grew among the Jewish people. He partook in all that life had to offer… except sin. He identifies with [...]

Man has come a long way in his acquisition of  knowledge and power. From the horse and buggy to the space shuttle and from the flintlock rifle to the atomic bomb, we’ve made progress. There is always a cost attached to man’s progress however. The cost seems to always be in damage to the environment [...]