The Texas sharpshooter fallacy illustrates how focus can be on placed on some data elements, while ignoring other relevant information.  Jesus will look at our complete picture, and has a fervent desire to share Passover with us, as He did with His disciples.

A mother’s love is most beautiful and tender, but a father’s love is essential to the well being and upbringing of a child.

God’s Sabbath & annual HD’s can be kept with great devotion and zeal, but can only be sustained when God imparts understanding to know what they mean and how they identify those that keep them.

Since the weekly Sabbath was instituted at creation, people have either rejected it or turned it into an increasingly burdensome system of religious rules and regulations. During His earthly ministry, Jesus Christ demonstrated the true purpose of the Sabbath - the blessing it was meant to be for humanity.

The epistle of James was labeled an epistle of straw by Martin Luther. What led him to make such an extraordinary statement? Does the epistle of James contradict what the apostle Paul wrote in Romans and Galatians or does it
complement them? When James said that “faith without works is dead” was he saying that we could earn our salvation through works? What did he mean?

God’s promises to Abraham help us to see beyond these trying end times and understand our part within the entire
plan of God, in this age and in the age to come.

The answer to the question "why did Christ have to die?" is a doctrine known in theological terms as an atonement theory. Our answer to that question is not unique among the millions of professing Christians. And it has a name: Penal Substitution. 


 

When things go wrong in our life, many tend to ask "why" God allowed it to happen. How can we have joy in our life when we are faced with trials, and what does God want us to learn from them?

Heart and Soul is a Bible phrase that means to do something with all your might.  The most familiar example is Dt 6:5 "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might". One verse in the Bible says that God Himself is going to do something with His whole heart and soul. Jer 32:41 "I will rejoice in doing them good, and assuredly I will plant them in this land, with all my heart and all my soul". Let's dig deeper into the meaning of this verse. 

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Understanding God’s promises to Abraham helps us to endure and see beyond these trying end times to our part in  the entire plan of God in this age & beyond.

Gentleness is not weakness; it is strength under control, modeled by Christ Himself.

Do we actually put forth the effort to carefully and truthfully live by every word of God? Even with our best effort we can miss the point and not realize it.
 

The Gifts of the Spirit seem to be for specific people and not for all. Some scriptures indicate that the Gift of prophecy and wisdom may be a little more accessible than we thought. This message explores this possibility.

God will shine bright in this age of darkness through the good works of those that are truly representing His Kingdom.

When we rely on God's word and what it says in the truth, it will keep us on the path to God's kingdom.

How do we keep clear our vision of the world tomorrow amidst the chaos that we see in the world today?

This message considers the family situations involving Jacob, Leah, and Rachel, and the effects their backgrounds had on their relationships and marriages.
 

The tongue is small, yet powerful — like a rudder, that can steer the entire direction of our lives.  Through God’s Spirit, we must learn self-control in our words.
 

Would it be arrogant to declare you will make it into Gods Kingdom? Or would you be lacking belief or doubting if you are not sure? How can we be humble but certain we will enter His Kingdom? Listen to see what scripture says.
 

The sons of God are called by His name because they are led by His Spirit and the whole of creation awaits their glorification.