The Names of Jesus
We invite you to join us this Christmas in meditating on a few of the wonderful names of Jesus as seen in the Advent prophecies of Isaiah 9:6 and Matthew 1: 21 – 23. Continue reading The Names of Jesus
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The True Meaning of Love
Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s a great day to let special people in our lives know they are loved. Every day is God’s Valentine’s Day when He wants to reach in our hearts and share His great unconditional love for us. God initiates this love: “This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” I John 4:10 NIV (Click here for other language versions) God’s love is a gift of eternal value: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, … Continue reading The True Meaning of Love
Tim Tebow
You are probably aware of the pre-game uproar about the two Super Bowl ads featuring Tim Tebow, University of Florida’s quarterback, and his mother, Pam. After watching these two commercials, I felt many would enjoy and appreciate them and the naysayers were pre-judging the content. If you have ten minutes, you would probably be very interested in the back-story for the Tebow family at Focus on the Family. Click on The Tebow Story for a video interview with Tim Tebow’s parents as they reveal God’s hand on Tim’s life even before he was conceived. I could not help but think … Continue reading Tim Tebow
The Sower and His Seed
I learned a lot from Joe Jack Dement. Since the excellent video on the Parable of The Sower, featured in the last post, is only on the web temporarily, I am posting some thoughts I gleaned from this 80-year-old wheat farmer. Jesus explains the seeds and the meaning behind the birds, the footpath, and the other parallels in His parable. Mr. Dement’s knowledge of wheat farming adds to our understanding of the parable. WHEN and WHERE Just as the farmer casts the seed away from him, we can drop a little word about Jesus, a Bible verse, or a Scriptural … Continue reading The Sower and His Seed
The Sower: Explained by a Farmer
With the start of a new year, and a less hectic schedule before me, I plan to return to posting every ten days or so. Thank you for your patience! A friend directed me to a great video which explains the parable of the Sower. The film follows an 80-year-old wheat farmer who explains about growing wheat and how weeds, poor soil, and other factors Jesus mentions in his parable will affect wheat plants. This complete video is only available for a limited time, so you may want to watch it ASAP. I posted my thoughts after viewing the video … Continue reading The Sower: Explained by a Farmer
The Moral Choice
“Are you reading the Bible?” I asked as I sat at the kitchen table with a friend of our son’s, Aadesh. “Yes,” he replied. Aadesh had asked for a Bible earlier this summer after I had told him that the Bible had a lot to say about financial principles. “What are you reading?” “Romans,” he replied. Wow! I thought. What a deep book of the Bible to start in! Aadesh explained that some other people had recommended Romans as a good place to start with to learn what God says about finances. He was very interested and seemed to agree … Continue reading The Moral Choice
Mike and Sus Schmitt 