“…six stone water jars…each holding twenty or thirty gallons” (John 2:6). At the wedding in Cana our Lord turned water into wine. It was His first miracle. But what I never really realized is just how much wine He made. The Gospel is inviting us to do the math: 6 x 20 or 30 = […]
“Therefore the child to be born will be called holy” (Luke 1:35). Let me see if I can help. The next time you hear it called a “holiday tree” instead of a “Christmas tree,” or someone says “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas,” use it to add to your joy. Yes, add! How do you […]
“And He said, ‘Say this to the people of Israel, “I am has sent me to you”‘” (Exod. 3:14). What if I told you that a certain Biblical statement took 1500 years to complete? In Exodus 3 the Lord instructs Moses to refer to Him as “I am.” Now technically “I am” is a complete […]
This comes from the late Richard Wurmbrand and calls us to a deeper commitment to our Lord and His church. “Take, eat; this is My body” (Matt. 26:26). During World War I almost two million Armenians were martyred for their faith and nationality by the Turks. At Der es Zor a group of Armenians […]
“Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores” (Luke 16:21). “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Rom. 13:9). The story of the Rich Man and Lazarus seems to teach this commandment only through a negative example. The rich man did not care for his neighbor. But there is in the story also a […]
“Strive to enter through the narrow door” (Luke 13:24). Jesus describes the door to heaven as narrow, and by the end of the Gospel it becomes possible to measure it exactly. The narrow door is the exact width of the holy cross. Another way of putting it is that the narrow door is fourteen words […]