Crowds followed Christ. He could have used the crowds that followed Him to have thrown Jerusalem and Palestine into a turmoil. But Christ would not sacrifice truth and righteousness for a crowd. When Christ saw that the crowds were following Him for what they could get, that their motives were wrong, and that they were not seeing the truth that he was…

Many time’s our “downs” outweigh our “ups.” We may feel we are going uphill all the while being pulled back. We may be hurting because our loved ones are hurting due to health challenges, financial setbacks, or spiritual deprivation. We may spend our mornings, days, or late nights in tears because of the thing’s life is throwing our way. I beg you…

The Christian life is all about peaks and valleys. When we are feeling good about our relationship with God and Jesus and something happens to re-enforce those spiritual feelings, we call that time “peak times” or “mountain top experiences.” When things don’t go right and we wonder if God is really listening to us (or if He really cares), those are the…

Its amazing how we can give so little consideration to our daily lives or thoughts of its brevity. That is until we have one of those “close-calls11 or “brushed with death11 experiences. For those few moments, and sometimes several afterwards, we pay close attention to the meaning of our lives. We come to the realization of how truly limited and terminal our…