I prefer to call today Resurrection Sunday instead of Easter because it’s believed that Easter refers to the pagan goddess of fertility, Eostre, thus the chicks, and bunnies. My husband wrote a guest blog post about it in 2020. I find myself saying “Easter” because it’s just easier, but how easy was it for Jesus […]
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I never caught this before and found it interesting that God used Caiaphas to prophesy the substitutionary sacrifice of Jesus. The unblemished Lamb Who died so that we could live.** Bible Passage Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him. But some of
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Last Sunday the Pastor asked, “Does your life demonstrate a deep love for Christ?” He asked that after reading Matthew 13:44-46. My understanding of those two short parables was completely wrong and so I want to share this with you. The Parable of the Hidden Treasure “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden
These words just resonated with me this morning: “…continually offer the sacrifice of praise…the fruit of our lips,…” I never thought of praise as a sacrifice before. Even though I knew the Bible tells us to bear fruit, I never thought of my lips bearing fruit, but now–just imagine if we all bore fruit in
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Even before the world was spoken into existence, God knew the cost of His creation, I believe. I’m sure He knew that providing for our every need and loving us unconditionally wouldn’t be enough to keep us from sinning. Yet, He formed us anyway. When Lucifer deceived Eve, and Eve handed the forbidden fruit to
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