The End of Time
Had any good vacations recently? Most likely you enjoyed comfortable accommodations, good food and a nice mix of relaxation and entertainment. Vacations are a time of “suspended stress.” During them, we take a moment and leave the struggles of life behind – the bills, the work and the burdens of our life. But then the vacation ends. You get home, and it all starts over again. As we end our study of The Story today, we see what God has in store for us … and it is good! We learn as we view the Revelation of St. John that God’s plan for us is like a reverse vacation – we have no bills, no stress, and no sin for the rest of eternity… talk about “suspended stress!” When Christ returns he will make all things right! So call on His name, and make your reservation.
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- Nov 22, 2015The End of TimeThe End of TimeHad any good vacations recently? Most likely you enjoyed comfortable accommodations, good food and a nice mix of relaxation and entertainment. Vacations are a time of “suspended stress.” During them, we take a moment and leave the struggles of life behind – the bills, the work and the burdens of our life. But then the vacation ends. You get home, and it all starts over again. As we end our study of The Story today, we see what God has in store for us … and it is good! We learn as we view the Revelation of St. John that God’s plan for us is like a reverse vacation – we have no bills, no stress, and no sin for the rest of eternity… talk about “suspended stress!” When Christ returns he will make all things right! So call on His name, and make your reservation.
- Nov 15, 2015Paul’s Final DaysPaul’s Final DaysThe Apostle Paul knew his share of suffering, but he did not shrink back from his calling. He traveled over much of the known world of his day, but he didn't travel for sightseeing. No, he endured much for the sake of spreading the Gospel. His own account of his hardships included floggings, lashings, beatings with rods, pelting with stones, shipwrecks, dangers from rivers, bandits, Jews and Gentiles, danger in the city and in the country, danger at sea and from false believers. He knew hard labor, lack of sleep, hunger, thirst, cold and nakedness (2 Cor. 11:23-29). He was eventually martyred for his faith, but his ministry carries on much beyond his earthly lifeill yours?
- Nov 8, 2015Paul’s MissionPaul’s MissionWould you choose what one first century writer describes as a “Bald-headed, bowlegged, strongly built man, small in size, with meeting eyebrows, and a rather large nose" who had been pulling Christians from their houses, throwing them into prison and even killing some, as the spokesman for Jesus? Probably not. Yet that’s what Jesus did when He chose Paul (Saul of Tarsus) to be His representative. Jesus had a face to face meeting with Paul and then sent Him to share the Gospel first with the Jews, then with the Gentiles. And it worked! Most of us would not know Christ had Paul not traveled far and wide telling others about Him. Today, we are to continue the work of evangelizing the world that Paul and Jesus' disciples began.
- Oct 25, 2015New BeginningsNew BeginningsWhen children go missing, parents go looking. And that’s what God has done. There’s not a square foot on earth that doesn’t have his footprints. He began searching for them the moment Adam and Eve made a choice and lost their way. He sent the nation of Israel looking. He sent his Son to “seek and save what was lost” (Luke 19:10). Today He sends His Church. In Acts 1:8 we find His search and rescue plan: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” The Church has been growing ever since.