50 What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor can corruption inherit incorruption. The simple message of the Bible is that we are are sinful beings and cannot enter heaven without Christ atoning blood. However, many believe that if they are simply...
Grow Where You Are Planted
26 If anyone serves me, he must follow me. Where I am, there my servant also will be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him. Grow where you are planted is a well worn phrase. It actually comes from a 15th century French saying : "Fleuris là où tu es plantée" meaning...
The God Who Wept
35 Jesus wept. (John 11:35 CSB) John 11:35 is the shortest line of scripture in the Bible. However, it imparts a great deal in just two words. Jesus’ humanity was shown in this singular act. How can we then not believe that He perfectly understands the human condition? Yet many put...
Conquer the World
3 For this is what love for God is: to keep his commands. And his commands are not a burden, 4 because everyone who has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith. (1 John 5:3-4 CSB) I never was one who thought...
Duality
49 And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven. (1 Corinthians 15:49 CSB) There is a duality in man that makes us very different creatures. Born of dust but with a soul bound for heavenly realms....