Dear Sisters and Brothers, “Go and tell”… If the women who visited the tomb on that first Easter morning had not obeyed that directive, it could be that therest of the world would have never learned that God had defeated death and darkness through Jesus Christ. Theworld might never have heard that God will not...
Author: Reverend Dr. Layne Beamer (Layne Beamer)
Give Grief Its Season, But Prepare For Hope
Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our LordJesus Christ, 2 through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand;and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we alsoboast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering...
Remaining Content in Trying Times
Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatevercircumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also knowhow to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret ofbeing filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering...
Specific Hopes at Christmas
For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he alreadysees? – Romans 8:24“The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselvesto be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come.”~ Dietrich...
Stooping to Serve
When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to hisplace. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. “You call me‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord andTeacher, have washed your feet, you also should...
Giving Thanks, Even in a Season of Mourning
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a timeto die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted – Ecclesiastes 3:1-2Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in...