June 14, 2018
I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Philippians 3:12 I want you to know…Jesus wants you to know, God is for you, he is with you, and he is before you. […]
April 12, 2018
You may have already forgotten about Easter, and Jesus’ sacrifice for you on that horrible cross, but I haven’t. So …last week we examined the evidence for the empty tomb of Jesus. The fact that there is an empty […]
March 29, 2018
Easter is all about self. Actually the entire Biblical story is about self: the battle of self against God. Oh, you may think it’s about the battle between Satan and God, but Satan long ago realized his best strategy was […]
March 22, 2018
I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich […]
January 5, 2017
Okay, for all my skeptic friends I finally have found the error in scripture about which you’ve been complaining all these years. Of course, it’s not among the errors you erroneously talk about. But yes, I have finally found an […]
December 15, 2016
1515Through many dangers, toils and snares… we have already come. T’was Grace that brought us safe thus far… and Grace will lead us home. Are you a grateful person? I’m grateful for all God has done for me, and […]
December 8, 2016
We are moving towards Christmas and I want to pause, and think about how amazing this whole Jesus thing is. As we journey through life day to day we tend to get numbed by the morass of everyday living, and […]
February 4, 2016
What did we the Twelve teach in our morning gatherings at Solomon’s Porch? Mostly what Jesus taught. We didn’t feel we needed to complicate things, just share the Master’s heart. Again, we wanted them to know who Jesus is, what […]
January 28, 2016
John took a deep breath and concluded with, “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, and what a glory it is! – the glory of the one and only Son, who came […]
January 21, 2016
John stepped up and said, “Peter’s right. We want you to know Jesus, just as he wanted us to know the Father. We want you to know what a great friend Jesus is, and to know him both personally and […]
January 13, 2016
The next morning we gathered at Solomon’s Porch. The sun was not yet up so it was a cool morning, with a mist hanging around, causing a fog to dim our view of the surrounding temple grounds. The twelve of […]
October 28, 2015
For a celebration like Pentecost, Jerusalem might swell to as many as 500,000 pilgrims. I don’t know how many came running up to us, but there was a huge crowd, too many to count. They were from all over the […]