Colossians 4:5-6Salt, or more specifically, the sodium in it, is an essential mineral for keeping our bodies functioning healthily. It helps regulate fluid balance, nerve and muscle function, and generally to just keeps the body in balance. But for most of us, salt has always been associated with taste. It brings out the flavor of food. Sometimes an enhancement, and other times it’s the only seaso...  Read More

Romans 12:9-21When reading today's passage, my mind instantly thought of sibling love. I don't know if I can speak for all of us who have siblings, but at least for me, even though they drive me crazy at times, deep down I love them. If you are not aware, I am the youngest of 6 kids, don't worry, you read that correctly.  When it came to issues, we could probably spend a couple of days listing out...  Read More

John 18:10-11When it comes to our Christian beliefs, it can be so easy to be on one extreme or the other when standing up for truth. We either get caught up in emotions and say what's on our mind or sit back in silence and watch as truth is ignored or mocked. It’s clear throughout scripture that neither of these approaches are biblical. We see in this text that Peter was defending Jesus being take...  Read More

Matthew 10:34-39 It is very interesting when we look at what Jesus did and said. Jesus’s words have been taken out of context and misused so much over time. In today’s passage, it can look really difficult on the surface, but we have to dive in and see what Jesus was really saying.   It is important to realize that Jesus did not come to bring peace on this earth. Too often, as Christians, we want ...  Read More

Matthew 5:38-42 What is amazing about Jesus’ words is that they were NOT taken the way that they were originally intended to be taken. Has that ever happened to you? You gave your kids a command, or you questioned your spouse about something, or you asked a co-worker a question. Somehow, what you intended was not understood in the way you intended. In those awkward moments, what do you do?As the J...  Read More

Main Point and Overview:     On many occasions, Jesus would say to his audience, “You have heard that it was said” or something else like, “do not suppose!” What he was doing was making a counter-cultural point to the misunderstandings of the day. So much in today’s culture is like what Jesus encountered. There are so many contrived agendas of what the “true” Jesus had to say! Jesus is neither a p...  Read More