In today’s Gospel reading, the people are astonished by Jesus’ powerful preaching, “for he taught them as one having authority” (Mk 1:22) and his power to exorcise demons, the “unclean spirit… with a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When people, that do not have faith, wrestle with the concept of God, they usually convince themselves that they are doing okay, that is, until they stumble over an immovable object ...

Ethan Maple is lead pastor of Mt. Comfort Church. Easter may be behind us, but the power of Jesus’ resurrection remains. As I was going over the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ miraculous triumph over sin ...

Another Christmas in the bag. Another round of wrapped boxes deconstructed. Another season saturated in the story of a baby ...

Jeremiah 32:17 (KJV) says this: Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee The question begging for ...

God said, ‘I AM Who I AM. You must tell them: The One Who is called I AM has sent me to you.’ (Exodus 3:14) John’s Gospel uses the Greek phrase, egō eimi, (i.e., “I AM”) as Jesus comes to define his ...

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If any part of 2020 could be considered short, it was the Christmas season. I hope you were able to bask in the enjoyment of the Christmas lights, music, movies and gifts. All are a fun part of the ...

Perhaps most of us are not aware of it, but when we're reminded, I'm sure many of us will remember this date 50 years ago, 1962, Oct. 28. It was the end of 13 days of crisis where people in this ...

Still staring into headlights of life, still coming up with a plan of evasion. Still staring into headlights of life, still coming up with a plan of evasion. If he does what would he think of the ...