(Image by James Best, (C) 2019, https://www.behance.net/gallery/82544295/Sermon-Illustrations-2019.) You may wonder why we’re devoting...

(Image by James Best, (C) 2019, https://www.behance.net/gallery/82544295/Sermon-Illustrations-2019.) In our time, “lite” is am...

(Image by James Best, (C) 2019, https://www.behance.net/gallery/82544295/Sermon-Illustrations-2019.) Please read Ephesians 4:1-6....

Please read Ephesians 3:14-21. If you want an education on prayer, google the words “prayer rules.” It will take your computer a little...

Summertime Sermon Series: Return to Ephesus (Part Nine) Please read Ephesians 3:1-13. CONTEXT = FOR THIS REASON refers back to the...

Please read John 3:1-21. CONTEXT = As this is only the third chapter of John’s gospel, this encounter obviously happened early in Jesus’...

(Artwork by James Best, 2019. Used with permission.) CONTEXT = We generally have a high opinion of Noah. This opinion is well-founded,...

Please read 2 Timothy 1:1-7. CONTEXT = 2 Timothy is Paul’s final letter. It was written during his second imprisonment in Rome, a brutal...

(Image courtesy of James Best, (C) 2019. Used with permission.) Please read Matthew 25:31-46. Our works will come under scrutiny on...

(Image courtesy of James Best, (C) 2019. To see more of James' art, go to behance.net/JamesBest.) Please read Exodus 17:8-16. Just in...

Let’s go back to the Old West, to the historic transcontinental railroad. As the Union Pacific line was being constructed, an elaborate...

A Guided Meditation on JOHN 20:10-18. If you’ve never before attempted a guided meditation, here’s what I suggest. Play some recorded...

Please read John 20:19-23. It’s been nearly a week since the world saw images of the cathedral Notre-Dame engulfed in flames. As you are...

Please read John 12:12-19. Matt Gurney, reporting for The National Post, wrote the following three years ago; “In 1967, Paul McCartney...

Please read John 12:1-11. Do I love Jesus as much as Mary did? The subject of the Sunday School lesson was missions. The class of eager...

We must open our eyes & hearts to see God at work. One morning, while mom and pop were seated at the breakfast table, the doorbell rang. ...

Following Jesus is necessary; it is not easy. We live in a time when the people who exert the greatest influence on American culture...

Love for God’s “house” (His people) may require a cleansing. Even a quick look around our house would cause you to observe that I have no...

The best witness follows God’s lead. “A little boy built a model ship, glued all the pieces together, and worked on it for hours. It was...

Real prayer changes things. A visiting farmer stopped at a city restaurant to eat lunch. When he was served his food he bowed his head...