This verse in Revelation 21 often takes our thoughts toward those we have lost to death or for other reasons. We begin to reflect on the emptiness that loss has caused....

Have your kids ever called you from school and said, “Hey, I forgot my lunch. Can you bring it?”...

What is the white stone in this Scripture passage from Revelation 2? During the era of history when Jesus and His disciples were alive, it was a Roman tradition that when a trial concluded, the judges would vote by casting a black or white stone into an urn. A black stone meant guilty, and a white stone meant innocence....

Life’s journey is filled with many unpredictable twists and turns. Some days from the moment you awake everything seems to be going well....

Every nation, tongue, and tribe has some sort of ceremony for burial. Long before it became customary for people to send flowers to a funeral, it is said that they somehow captured their tears in a bottle and gave to them to the grieving family....

Let’s talk about the story of how Jesus treated the woman caught in the act of adultery in John 8:1-11. This woman is about to be stoned by a bunch of religious leaders, and the other half of the affair isn’t even there....

There are many stories in the Bible about angels, prophets, and Jesus telling us to not walk in fear. The greatest tool the enemy of this world uses against us is that we should be afraid of this or that....

How much do we yearn for the fullness of God? To yearn is to have a tender, urgent desire. To have urgency is to have a call for immediate attention....

Many people believe a call to be a missionary involves traveling to other countries. Actually, mission work can occur near or far....

We live in such a chaotic, harried world. Many jump out of bed each morning, take a shower, get dressed, and grab a cup of the strongest coffee possible....