Dealing With Grief

I received four more questions, so I will answer two questions this month, and the last two questions in the November newsletter.  What is the best way to move forward from the loss (death) of a loved one? Once you have grieved, once you have prayed and accept by faith that God is taking care of everything, both the living …

A Bowl of Cherries

The Apostle Paul writes this in 2 Corinthians 1:8-10, “We were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and …

He Is Not Here!

“5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. 6 He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying. 7 Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of …

Access to God

The Temple in Jerusalem is a vivid illustration of the closed-door policy between God and the people that existed during Old Testament times. The following was the basic layout of the Temple: 1) the Outer Court had the most access, 2) the Holy Place had less access, and 3) the Holy of Holies behind the curtain had virtually no access. The Day …

The Victory of Christ’s Death and Resurrection

The apostle Paul says this in 1 Corinthians 15:54-58,      “54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:      “Death is swallowed up in victory.”        55 “O death, where is your victory?       O death, where is your sting?”        56 The sting of death …

Paul’s Proof of the Resurrection

Acts 17:1-3 (ESV) says this, “Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 2 And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This …