Congratulations! If you’ve chosen to live as a disciple of Jesus, you’ve made the most important decision imaginable. But you may be wondering, What does it mean to be a disciple? To put it simply, a disciple of Jesus is someone who has chosen to follow Jesus. That’s the command
Continue readingCarpe diem” “Live life to the fullest.” “Make every moment count.” “Eat, drink, and be merry.” Phrases like these surround us, pushing and prodding us to squeeze the most out of every moment. Like a dangerous undertow, these thoughts have the power to drag us into the depths of
Continue readingThirsty woman, drifting toward the well in the heat, did you expect to meet him there, face to face? Expect that he wanted to give you a drink more than he wanted one for himself? Could it be he cared about you? Your needs? Was your life a long, long
Continue reading“Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people” Now that must have been a strange sight! Imagine getting your Sunday best sprinkled with blood! What is going on here? To understand the power of blood let me take you back to December 7, 1988 when an Armenian earthquake
Continue readingThe Memphis strike created a true mass movement and perhaps the best example of the coalition of labor, the church, civil rights, and students that Martin Luther King, Jr., and generations of organizers had sought. The national media largely blocked out the strike, however, while the Memphis Commercial Appeal grossly
Continue readingLuke 22: 14-30 “You are those who have stayed with me in my trials, and I assign to you, as my Father assigned to me, a kingdom, that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel” (vv.
Continue readingOne of the first sayings I heard when I became a Christian was that God is faithful. We sang about the faithfulness of God. Whenever someone would endure a trial, we’d remind them that God is faithful. Faithfulness is a characteristic of God that is often talked about, but I
Continue readingVery often, human beings will exert a great deal of effort to find something that they value or something that they love when it has been lost. If we think we have lost our wedding ring down the kitchen drain, for example, we will crawl under the sink and disassemble
Continue readingAnother season of Lent has started. Another opportunity for deepening our lives is being is being given to us. My Prayer is that all of us will be able to receive the gift that God is offering to us during these special days. Well, what is that gift? What gift
Continue readingScripture: Romans 8:1-4 Key Verse: Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit (KJV) Dr. Samuel Betances was born to racially mixed parents in Harlem in the midst of poverty,
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