Doing Relationships with the Light On

1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another… In the 1950's Mamie Eisenhower was living in the White House with her husband, President Dwight Eisenhower. One night her nose was all stopped up and she reached for a jar of Vicks …

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Let’s Get Salty

Mark 9:50 Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace with one another.” What an odd passage! If you find it a bit of a challenge to understand -- you are not alone. There are a couple dozen different scholarly interpretations. …

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People: God’s Penny Jars

Romans 14:19 Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another. I use to have a penny jar at home… not any more. Let me tell you what happened. Day by day I used to empty my pocket change into my penny jar, but as …

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The Big Clue!

John 13:34-35 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. Loving one another: Jesus Himself calls you and me to freely give love …

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Members of One Another

Romans 12:4-5 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Ephesians 4:25 Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are …

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