Punishment or Mercy?

Punishment or Mercy?

When God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden for eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, did He do so as punishment or did He do so because He is a merciful God? I had always assumed God banished them as punishment. My logic went like this. Adam...
Unconditional

Unconditional

We would like to think we are loved unconditionally by our parents, our siblings, our spouse or children, and are friends. Are we? How many people in our lives have turned their backs on us when we failed to fulfill a need they felt they deserved or were owed? How...
Rahab the Prostitute

Rahab the Prostitute

Hebrews Chapter 11 is a chapter of faith. From this chapter, Pastor Mike has shared the faith of Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, and Isaac as well as the faith of Joseph and Moses. Today, Pastor Mike continued with the faith of Rahab. Rahab is an example of how God can...
Pray First

Pray First

I heard a story on the news the other day. The gist of the story is that a young girl was given a 10-question quiz by her teacher. When she gets her quiz back, she is devastated and goes home crying. The young girl had gotten 9 out of the 10 questions wrong. The...
My Utmost for His Highest

My Utmost for His Highest

 Like most Christians, I have my devotional books I’ve collected over the years. I find something worthwhile in all of them. However, not every devotion hits me in the gut. I like devotions that when I read them, they make me pause and think. They challenge...