Devotions

Other than the rapture and when it will occur, I know of no topic that is as mysterious as the topic of Heaven. Many religions believe in a heaven but only Christianity gives a clear understanding of what it is as revealed in the Holy Bible. What then will heaven be like? The Bible says, “There will be no more …

The philosophical and theological argument regarding the subject, “Does God still heal today” has been around since the time of Christ. The following brief passage represents in just a few short words the healing ministry of Christ. “Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; …

Because of the cross my life has been changed. Because of his shed blood, my sins have been washed away. Because of His death, my debt has been paid, and because of His resurrection, I have hope beyond the grave. Because of His compassion, I am comforted in the storm. Because of His mercy, I am no longer forlorn. Because …

It was a brisk ten degrees centigrade inside the seventh century Russian church where, in spite of persecution and cold, over one hundred underground believers attended for our wedding ceremony. With our heads bowed in reverence to the Almighty God, the Gregorian Orthodox priest prayed in his native tongue as he held a large golden cross above our heads. It …

Webster’s New World Office Dictionary says that religion is belief in and worship of God or gods; a specific system of belief, whereas Christianity is built on a relationship with God through Christ, God’s Son. His gospel message, the “good news”, made a way for those estranged by religion and all its pious ceremonies to restore the fundamental relationship between …