“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:11 ESV). “Unto you.” What unusual language. This is the message that the heavenly host declared to the shepherds watching their flocks at night. “Unto who?” The shepherds may have asked. Instead, they said to
Author: Gary Combs
Why spend for unsatisfying things?
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy?” (Isaiah 55:1-2 ESV). “If we find ourselves with
Would the wise men have worshiped at Walmart?
“Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him” (Matthew 2:1-3 ESV). Look at the crowd gathered in this photo. Are they rioting
Of baptisms, fresh starts and deep fried turkey
“Peter replied, ‘Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins…’” (Acts 2:38 NIV84). “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV84). This coming Sunday we’re finishing our sermon series called “Faith Foundations” with
Is there life after death?
“If a man dies, will he live again?” (Job 14:14 NIV84). “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a
Holding on to my hand
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of
What’s the greatest blessing of salvation?
“I will not leave you as orphans;I will come to you” (John 14:18 ESV). “For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’ The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children
Responding to the bread and the cup
“The Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in
What is man?
“What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?” (Psalm 8:4 ESV). “What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how
Dusty Bibles
“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12). Where’s your Bible? Have you picked it up lately? If you find it, does it have an inch of dust and