As He nears the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus urges us to actually do the things He has been teaching. Last week, in verses 13 and 14, He told us to enter by the Narrow Gate and to walk on the Narrow Path. This week we’ll see that He is concerned that we pay attention to our steps – that we take actions to ensure that we remain on the Narrow Way. He gives us warnings, and He shows u...  Read More

The story is told that The Times of London, at one point early in the 1900s, posed this question to several prominent authors: “What’s wrong with the world today?” The well-known author G.K. Chesterton is said to have responded with a one-sentence essay: “Dear Sir, I am. Yours, G.K. Chesterton”His words demonstrate that most people lack humility. Most people claim to live by (and think their salva...  Read More

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” - Matthew 7:7Have you ever been at a store and needed help finding something, but there was no one around to ask? It’s a frustrating experience, right? Or have you ever needed help finding something and there was an employee 5 feet away; but you’re too stubborn to ask; and so you search in vain? Wh...  Read More

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged.” - Matthew 7:1Have you ever been critical of someone or said something about someone's behavior and then heard these words: “Don't judge, or you too will be judged?” Is Jesus implying here that we may never evaluate people or make assessments about them? Does that mean that, as parents who have been given the responsibility of teaching our children right f...  Read More

“Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” -Matthew 6:21Greetings from General Assembly 2024 in Memphis, TN! It is an honor and a privilege to be representing you at our annual church meeting, and I invite you to join me in prayer as (by the time you will read this), we will have concluded our important business and be heading towards home). Pray that our work has honored Christ, pra...  Read More

My guess is that you’ve heard the idea, “It’s possible to do all the right things for all the wrong reasons.” In the church, it might play out something like this: We can read our Bibles, go to church, put money in the collection plate, and live an exemplary life, yet all as a means of serving ourselves. Perhaps we do these things to ease a guilty conscience; perhaps it’s to impress others, or per...  Read More