What’s Your Religion? Christianity is one of the major religions in the world, but what’s your religion? Perhaps you think, “I’m not religious. I don’t go to a church, synagogue or mosque and I don’t follow any teacher’s instruction. I don’t have a faith.” But is that true? You do believe in certain things, don’t you? You may not have a formal religion, but isn’t it true that you (and everyone) have certain principles you live by? Perhaps you believe in tolerance, that everyone should tolerate everyone else’s decisions and choices. That would be the foundation for how you interact…

Changed by Grace The Bible speaks of God’s grace in the good news of Jesus Christ. However, there seems to be a lot of confusion about the term ‘grace.’No wonder. It is an idea that has no parallel in our experience.Grace is undeserved mercy. Grace is true love being poured out on the truly unlovable. Grace is a righteous God making His home among the unrighteous even though He knows they will react toward it with indifference or even hatred.In order to truly understand grace we may have to know what it is not. Grace is not merely tolerance or…

Song of Angels Luke 2:13-14 “Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favour rests.’”When angels sing, we humans had better listen. It’s not every day the night sky comes ablaze with a multitude of God’s heavenly messengers. What were these angels singing about anyway?Well, for starters they are singing God’s praises, which is a given for angels. A good example for us humans to follow, don’t you think? Sometimes we wish we could see an angel…

Born of a Virgin One of the mysteries of Christmas is what we call the “virgin birth.” Jesus was born of Mary but not of Joseph. The Bible proclaims this in Matthew 1:23, “‘The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel’--which means, ‘God with us.’” Joseph later became the adopted and legal father of Jesus but he was not his biological father. This is strange. We wonder: how was it, then, that a virgin became pregnant? The Bible again provides the answer in Luke 1:35, “The Holy Spirit will…