“Jesus is… the firstborn over all creation”Colossians 1:15bWhen we read "firstborn," the first thing that comes to our mind is the oldest of a number of children, the first one born. But firstborn als...  Read More

“Jesus is the image of the invisible God”Colossians 1:15The story is infamous. Moses was detained on the mountain, receiving the law of God. For 40 days and 40 nights he was away. The children of Isra...  Read More

Day Two“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”Hebrews 13:8I came to faith in Christ through a Bible study for teens. After I received Christ as my Savior and Lord, the wife of the ...  Read More

Day OneThanks be to God for His inexpressible gift!2 Corinthians 9:15A few years ago, the Cancer Society ran a commercial that featured a young man said he used to have cancer, but had beat it. He was...  Read More

In that power and awareness of God's mercy, we show mercy to those who are struggling, careful not to get drawn into their sin, but helping them into the mercy of God....  Read More

Hope Church Family,"For God, so loved the world that he gave…"As I listen to or receive correspondence from various ministries, in recent years a number of them have used a similar approach in seeking...  Read More

Generally speaking, New Year's resolutions are not worth the breath it takes to utter them. Most don't last two weeks, and at six weeks they are all but extinct.What tends to be more beneficial is to ...  Read More

The original Christmas didn’t appear on anyone’s calendar except God’s. It had been on his since before the universe was founded. In the Gospel of John, chapter one, The Word, God the Son, who had alw...  Read More

I was listening to the Faith & Finance program on Moody Radio yesterday while I was in the car. The host, Rob West, was interviewing executive director Chad Clark. As Chad shared about the vision of F...  Read More