Looking up is a recurrent subject in the Bible. Abraham was told to look up and number the stars as an illustration of God’s mercy and covenant. The Psalmist told us to look up to the mountains, only to realize that our help comes from the...
The women were shocked when they looked inside the tomb. They expected to see the defeated Jesus’ body about to begin the process of corruption. However, the tomb was empty. The grave may very well symbolize grief and death, but that one was sending a different...
Even if the singer John Lennon’s message about imagination came true, and we lived in a world where there were no fights, no wars, no racism; the message of the Cross would still be crucial. Why? Because the real problem we have to deal with is...
If you think about the scene; humility, poverty and weakness comes to mind. A family has no resources for the circumstances, and thus, the mother had to deliver a baby in a stable. The smell of animals, the cold at night, and the uncomfortable manger all pointed...
The story of Joshua leading the people of God several times around Jericho until it completely fell down gives us a great element of hope. Though Jericho was a wicked city, and though Rahab, of all people, had a horrible lifestyle as a prostitute, for...
Moses was born in a very dangerous time, for the king of Egypt had commanded that every male child that was born to the Israelites should be killed. So, his mother hid him for three months. When she could not hide him any longer,...
America has slaughtered more innocent lives through abortion than all the wars in the history of the world combined. The numbers are shocking! We need to put an end in this horrifying reality. In the biblical book of Ruth, disobedience brought death to Naomi’s house, and all...
Bitterness is contagious. It spreads around, and instead of helping your situation, it does the opposite. Naomi came back from a foreign land displaying bitterness because she was poor and needy, and Ruth could have been bitten with the same sentiment, however, she had a...
The Samaritan Woman is one of the best-known encounters Jesus had. He dialogues with her, breaking Jewish traditions and thus, turning her life upside down. As a sinner who had a horrible reputation and who was living with the 6th man of her life, that...
