MESSAGES

Mary was a young woman living in Nazareth. Given the culture of marriage at this time, she was probably 13 -14 years old. The people of Galilee were despised by the people of Jerusalem because they had a strong accent and were uneducated. However, God chose Mary as...

One surprise in the Christmas story is that God entrusted his Son to a human couple. We learn about Joseph, a man trusted by God. One Christian psychologist said that our “image of God” overlaps with the image of our own fathers. Jesus said, “I and the Father are...

When we look back on the history of mankind, we realize that there have been many periods of dramatic change in history. Whenever history changes, there is always a key person involved, and history has changed because of that person. Saul was the man God used to...

“Hineni” is a Hebrew phrase that means “ Here I am”. These are the words of man's response to God's calling. In the Bible, there are six believers who responded to God with “ Hineni”. They are Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Samuel, Isaiah, and Ananias, the main character in...

On his way to Damascus for the persecution of Christians, Saul met the resurrected Jesus. When Saul saw the glory of Jesus, he fell to the ground and temporarily lost his sight. Born into a wealthy Pharisee family and living as an elite Jew, Saul would have believed...