Series Introduction This is the fourth week of a series we are calling “Jesus the gift of life.” It is a Lenten series that will lead us to the Easter celebration. The Lenten season is modeled after Jesus forty days in the wilderness where he fasted, prayed and met the…
Series Introduction This is the third week of a new series we are calling “Jesus the gift of life.” It is a Lenten series that will lead us to the Easter celebration. The Lenten season is modeled after Jesus forty days in the wilderness where he fasted, prayed and met…
Series Introduction This is the second week of a new series we are calling “Jesus the gift of life.” It is a Lenten series that will lead us to the Easter celebration. The Lenten season is modeled after Jesus forty days in the wilderness where he fasted, prayed and met…
Series Introduction This is the first week of a new series we are calling “Jesus the gift of life.” It is a Lenten series that will lead us to the Easter celebration. The Lenten season is modeled after Jesus forty days in the wilderness where he fasted, prayer and met…
Series Introduction This is the fourth and final week of a series called “hearts revealed.” Jesus speaks often about what we do in our hearts convicts us. If we lust after someone in our heart we are guilty of adultery, if we are angry with our brother or sister we…
Series Introduction This is the third week of a series called “hearts revealed.” Jesus speaks about what we do in our hearts convicts us. If we lust after someone in our heart we are guilty of adultery, if we are angry with our brother or sister we are liable for…
Recently I changed where I go to church. I spent the last almost thirty years of my life attending Ascension Roman Catholic Church in Boca Raton, Florida, and last year changed to become a member of Life.Church in Wellington, Florida. As a life long Roman Catholic, abortion was something I…
All Christians honor Mary as the Mother of God, (Theotokos – God-bearer.) She played a vital role in the incarnation of the God Man, Jesus. But the extent to which Roman Catholics are devoted to Mary goes further than most other Christian groups. It is unlikely you could find a…
Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made…
Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee (some call it Tiberias). A huge crowd followed him, attracted by the miracles they had seen him do among the sick. When he got to the other side, he climbed a hill and sat down, surrounded by his disciples. It was nearly time…
Opening the Second Vatican Council Pope John XXIII made a remark that defined the nature of the entire council, “Throw open the windows of the church and let the fresh air of the spirit blow through.” It was a call for the church to recognize a need to engage with…
Soon after the release of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report on the sexual abuse scandal Professor and Author Scott Walker Hahn posted on his Facebook page a caution about turning to a married priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church as a “simple solution to the problem of clerical scandal.” His point…
Jesus heard this and said to them [that], “Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.” Mark 2:17 NABRE Mark is telling the story of Jesus calling a disciple whose occupation is tax collector. Tax…
For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this manner, “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works”; Hebrews 4:4 NABRE This section of the letter to the Hebrews picks up the discussion from early verses around Psalm Ninety-Five, particularly concerning entering God’s rest. The…
Take care, brothers, that none of you may have an evil and unfaithful heart, so as to forsake the living God. Hebrews 3:12 NABRE The letter to the Hebrews includes verses from Psalm Ninety-Five, concluding; “Therefore I swore in my anger: They shall never enter my rest.” (Verse 11) God…
Now since the children share in blood and flesh, he likewise shared in them, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, Hebrews 2:14 NABRE In the letter to the Hebrews Jesus is shown as the exalted firstborn Son of…
The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes. Mark 1:22 NABRE Jesus takes His ministry to Capernaum, a small town on the north east shore of the Sea of Galilee, a sort of home base for Jesus and…
This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel. Mark 1:15 NABRE John the Baptist’s public ministry comes to an end which signals the beginning of the public ministry of Jesus in Mark’s gospel. John the Baptist prepared the way…
