by jbrackbill | Apr 23, 2014 | Devotional Thoughts
On Sunday we were reminded of the gospel and its “linchpin” (the resurrection) through 1 Corinthians 15:1-11. After a weekend of special focus on Christ’s resurrection we might think we can move on to other things. But we can never move on from the...
by jbrackbill | Apr 2, 2014 | Devotional Thoughts
This last Sunday we considered the peace that Jesus gives those who are His true followers. All those who have peace with God have the privileged of living with the peace from God through Jesus every day. We are all born as enemies of God, but through faith in Jesus...
by jbrackbill | Mar 25, 2014 | Devotional Thoughts
Recently our family experienced something that illustrates the growth and entrapment of sin in our lives. For years and years tree roots were growing under the ground, growing ever closer to the outgoing sewer pipe of our house. No one living in this house over the...
by jbrackbill | Mar 18, 2014 | Devotional Thoughts
We have all been in the drill-the fire drill. Whether in the past as a student, recently as an employee or in some other venue we have been told that an alarm is going to go off and a drill will be performed. Today the drills have expanded all in the effort to be...
by jbrackbill | Mar 11, 2014 | Devotional Thoughts
The title of this three part series is “Greed and Worry.” So far all we have focused in on is greed. In part 1 of this study we saw that an occasion arose for Jesus to teach on this subject because He was asked to intervene in a family dispute (12:13-14)....
by jbrackbill | Feb 25, 2014 | Devotional Thoughts
Jesus was always turning circumstances into opportunities to reveal Himself further and teach the ways of His Father. Just such an occasion arose one day as recorded in Luke 12 when someone in the crowd said this to Him: “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the...
