Teacher”™s use various methods to spur students on to doing their best. Students graduate to the next level as they meet the required standards which have been established. For the follower”™s of Christ ““ obedience to God”™s words are important. We are to become more like Christ Jesus. Will we reach perfection? Not in this […]

Golfers hit the ball from the tee to the green and into the cup”¦some use more shots than others. There will always be the next “˜hole”™ or the next “˜nine”™ to better the score. No one “˜conquers”™ a golf course”¦we can make friends with it, but never conquer it. Just ask Tiger Woods. Golf can […]

If someone strikes out at you”¦what do you do? What did Jesus say to do? If someone brings a lawsuit against you”¦what do you do? What did Jesus say? If someone asks to borrow from you”¦what do you do? What did Jesus say to do? What is the world”™s motto? Getting even is the world”™s […]

There is a fable about a shepherd boy who cried “˜Wolf”™ repeatedly when there was no wolf. Eventually people did not believe his words of alarm. When the wolf did come, no one responded to his voice of panic. Reputations are built on our words ““ whether we are telling the truth or if we […]

Is there need for further comments concerning divorce beyond what Jesus stated? (NIV) Matthew 5:31-32 “It has been said, “˜Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.”™ 32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who […]

There are black billboards that have a few words or a sentence then the signature is: God One of those billboards says, “˜What is it about “˜Thou shalt not”™ you do not understand?”™ ~ God Jesus said in His discourse in the Sermon on the Mount: (NASB) Matthew 5:27-28 “You have heard that it was […]

The dictionary meaning of “˜Reconcile”™: 1. to re-establish friendship between. 2. To settle or resolve, as a dispute, make compatible or consistent. Do you have a former friendship that needs to be re-established? Do you know someone who has something against you”¦Jesus said that your relationships are important and they are important to God. Is […]

Many people love a good mystery”¦in a book, a TV show, a movie”¦whodunits are entertaining and mysteries are usually centered on a murder. Jesus brought up a commandment of God, “˜Do not murder”™, in His Sermon on the Mount. (NASB) Matthew 5:21 “You have heard that the ancients were told, “˜You shall not commit murder”™ […]

A masquerade ball is full of costumes that glitter and are glamorous. Because it is a masquerade”¦masks are worn. Party time! Pretense of being another personality is fun for an evening but if the pretense has become a lifestyle”¦that pretense becomes a burden. Lookin”™ good on the outside is not as important as what is […]

Jesus pointed to what He had come to do”¦to fulfill God”™s Law and the prophecies of the Prophets when He gave His Sermon on the Mount. (NASB) Matthew 5:17-20 “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.” Christ came to fulfill […]