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Sometimes a small thing in Scripture carries within it a huge and powerful truth. That's what we're looking at today... an earth-shaking teaching from Jesus, when He asked, "Have you not read what God has spoken to you?" In Matthew 22, Jesus was dealing with the Sadducees, who in my mind were the liberals of that day. These people did not accept the authority of ALL Scripture. In fact, they only accepted the authority of the first five books, called the Pentateuch. And they were challenging the teaching that there would be a resurrection of the dead. I encourage you to take an important few...

It’s Spring! Trees are budding, flowers are blooming, and the evidence of growth is everywhere. It’s part of life to see new growth in our yards and the trees we drive past. New life and fresh growth are part of God’s plan. He created everything that is living to grow. What about your life? When you look back each year, do you see spiritual growth and development? Have you learned more about God’s Word? Or learned to pray more effectively? Are you sharing your faith with others and seeing spiritual fruit in your life? If not, it might be time to ask, “Why not?” You are a spiritual being,...

Do you feel ‘stuck’ in a life that is not working? A life that is still struggling with your past mistakes and failures? Today I’d like to challenge you not to let the past choke out your future. Like a snake gets rid of its old skin, we must do the same with the disappointments of our past. To often, we try to bury the negatives in our past, struggling not to think about them rather than deal with them correctly and remove them from Satan's use. Satan will use whatever is not under the blood of Jesus to beat us up and wear us down... causing negative thinking and defeat in our lives. We...

Faith is one of the most misunderstood aspects of the Christian life. Yet, it is also one of the most rewarding, once you learn how to use it. The results that faith gives you are literally… miraculous. "But without faith it is impossible to please Him..." Hebrews 11:6. I’m speaking about the “force of faith” not the doctrine you believe. Although “belief” and “faith” are akin to each other, and faith is based upon what and who you believe in, they are not the same and have different functions. Our faith—motivated by something we believe—requires action. You can believe anything without...

If you are a Christian, then you are in a battle… a battle with your flesh. The “old man” still wants what it wants. And the “new man” desires the things of the Spirit. Paul clearly revealed this battle when he shared his struggle in Romans 7:15 AMP. “For I do not understand my own actions [I am baffled and bewildered by them]. I do not practice what I want to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate [and yielding to my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity].” He also acknowledged the struggle of every born-again person on the planet. Fighting this battle of the flesh, does not...

We often live our lives trying to avoid the tests that life brings. It’s human nature to step around difficulty and look for an easier way to our goal. But testing has a silver lining. And it’s something that God uses to create in us a pure heart and correct perspective. Testing is used to determine purity and worth. Much like when gold is put in the fire to separate out the impurities so that the gold is purer and of higher value. “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect...

From 1924 until 2023, what I am about to tell you... was not possible. That's what we were told every year since the fatal airplane crash in 1969. Every year the question was asked, can Capt. Dale Black, a professional airline pilot and FAA safety consultant and the only survivor of the airplane crash, be included with a plaque just above Amelia Earhart inside the Portal of the Folded Wings? Always the answer from the top was, "No, in respect to those memorialized, there will be no plaques placed above another person's memorial plaque." That is, until this year when God answered our prayers....