The Great Pursuit     "Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses     one. Doesn't she light a lamp, sweep the house and     search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds     it, she calls her friends and...

The Humble Manger     And she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She     wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger,     because there was no guest room available for them.                                                            ...

God Came for You     He tends his flock like a shepherd:          He Gathers the lambs in his arms     and carries them close to his heart;          he gently leads those that have young.                                                           (Isaiah 40:11)For many of us, setting out...

An Inconvenient Journey     Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar     Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited     earth. This was the first census taken while Quirinius     was governor of Syria. And everyone was...

A New Name     When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi,     he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of     Man is?"     They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say     Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah...

Children of God     Scripture reassures us, "No one who trusts God like     this--heart and soul--will ever regret it." It's exactly the     same no matter what a person's religious background     may be: the same God for all of the us,...

The Name that Saves     "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only     begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not     perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the     Son into the world...

Jesus, "the Lord is Salvation"     Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus     Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth     into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus     Christ from the...