What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.  (James 4:1-2)   I…

    But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call…

  Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Romans 12:12   Sometimes I hear something new and it makes so much sense that I wonder why I have never heard it before. My sister works for an all-girls parochial school in Delaware. She sent me a copy of a newsletter with…

  Being an “authentic Christian” is one of those catch phrases that I have often wondered about. A few years ago it seemed that everywhere I looked there was something to read about how to “authentically live the Christian life.” It is not a phrase that is used in the scriptures and though I understood…

  I’ve been thinking lately about the people who apparently have an experience in their lives where they understand that Christ took their sin on Himself at the Cross. They are very grateful and, in a sincere act of faith, invite Him to be their Savior, to live and reign in them. They are so…