The Magi saw the sign and pursued it, and after finding Jesus, everything changed.

Lights play an important role in the Christmas story, and we are going to look at three different examples.

A modern parable about our relationship with God.

We can be serving the high priest and sleeping in the tabernacle and still not truly know God but that will not stop Him from calling out to us. How will you answer?

“Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.” James 1:2

One thing that warnings have in common: they aren’t subtle, and in Proverbs 7 we have a writer trying to be loud and persistent with his warning to his sons.

We’ve given ourselves the option of not shining too bright if it’s going to hurt or bother other people and this attitude can, and in some cases has, crept over into our spiritual life.

At times we can all struggle and we get the benefit of learning from Paul’s advice, just as Timothy did.

This is an issue mankind has been addressing since the very beginning: how do we conquer evil?

What dark valleys has God led you through?

I have had two encounters with snakes in my adult life: once before I was a follower of Jesus and once after. They are experiences that have stayed with me because of the profound lessons that I learned from them.

“For every child of God defeats this evil world by trusting Christ to give the victory. And the ones who win this battle against the world are the ones who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.” (1 John 5:4-5)

This is a selfish, desperate man trying to hold on to his authority.