Today is the day after Valentine’s Day. Hopefully, you remembered yesterday. If not, then you are in trouble! Good luck with that… Anyway, Valentine’s Day serves as our culture’s traditional way to express love for your sweetheart on a special day. Of course, you knew that…and likely did that.This reminds us today that we have an even more important love we should always remember and it is our Fir...  Read More

I have enjoyed introducing you to great devotional writers, from years ago, by occasionally sharing with you a snippet of their work through this eHomily. Today I will do so with one of my favorites from long ago—A.B. Simpson. Enjoy it—“Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have...  Read More

Let’s admit it. As growing and, at times, struggling Christians, we sometimes become impatient with ourselves. Personally, I think that I should be further along the road of spiritual maturity than I am. Indeed, I grow impatient with me. How about you? Do you get impatient with you? Fortunately, our God is much more patient with us than we are to ourselves.We may feel like giving up on ourselves, ...  Read More

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man (person) remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5).A dozen times in John 15, Jesus used the expression remain (NIV) or abide (NKJV). His illustration is that of a vine and its branches. The branches are united to the vine and draw upon its life and strength. All the branch has to do is remain, s...  Read More

“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand…I myself will help you” (Isaiah 41:10, 14). C. H. Spurgeon, in commenting on this passage, imagines the Lord saying:“I will help you. It is but a small thing for me, your God, to help you. Consider what I have done already…I bought you with m...  Read More

It has been heartbreaking this week to watch the news of the disastrous fires sweeping through neighborhoods taking lives, destroying homes, schools, businesses and property in Southern California. Thus far, as of this writing, ten deaths are reported, 180,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes and the fires have destroyed more than 9,000 structures while consuming over 30,000 acres. ...  Read More