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Dear Friends, This morning I read Paul's words to the Corinthian church, "...You are God's field, God's building." These two metaphors for the church stood out to me as I have [...]

We have currently launched a several month Sermon Series in Portlaoise on the Parables of Jesus. Parables were a way that Jesus took something ordinary and familiar and used it [...]

In becoming a Christian you made the greatest decision of your life. Through your salvation you opened a phenomenal supernatural world of wonderment – the spiritual world of the Lord. [...]

One of Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” items pictured a plain bar of iron worth €5.00. The same bar of iron made into horseshoes would be worth €50.00. If the [...]

Nothing is created by its own power; neither does it exist nor is it sustained by itself. Everything in the universe, from the smallest particle or atom to the largest [...]

To many the Holy Spirit is a mystery. Indeed he is! The Scripture sheds limited light on his work. He is portrayed in a variety of roles; creator, mighty wind, [...]

Did you ever have to make a choice that determined the course of your life – take this young woman or man for your mate; choose to become an accountant [...]

Of course, breathing is our most vital, natural function. We all like to breathe! As a youth I helped rescue two women from drowning in the Pacific Ocean and another [...]

As Christians you and I are “full” spiritually to the point of abundance. “God’s fullness” stretches and expands us. It brings us new revelation and spiritual insight. We can contain [...]

God’s first covenant with mankind was given by him in Genesis 2:16-17, where he commanded man, “eat of any tree in the garden, but of the tree of good and [...]

Unlike today Old Testament parents would give names to their children that reflected the child’s physical appearance, ease or difficulty of birth, their desired relationship with God or their hope [...]

Light Catchers God designed us to be light catchers, Ephesians 5:8. Everything that flows by His Holy Spirit is Light. His divine illuminations, His power and energy has a divine [...]

Jesus said, “…Man…shall live on [by] every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.” Matthew 4:4. Think of that! We should…we must live by his Word. To do [...]

Dartmouth, Yale and Harvard, elitist colleges on the East coast of America, are constantly vying with each other in various competitive events. Recently my granddaughter, who attends Dartmouth, excelled in [...]

Did you know that deep inside of you is a place, a spiritual abode. This place is not your organs that give you life; ie, heart, liver, stomach. This place [...]

Nothing is created by its own power; neither does it exist nor is it sustained by itself. Everything in the universe, from the smallest particle or atom to the largest [...]

Telemachus, a first century monk lived in a monastery several miles outside of Rome. There he led a casual life of prayer, meditation and gardening. He was an ordinary man [...]

A pig can oink; a bird can chirp; a cat meow; a horse can neigh. All of these sounds were given them by God to express or communicate desire, contentment, [...]

A seed, less than a quarter inch in size, placed in the darkness of earth, immediately comes to life drawing power from the soil and the sun. Shortly vines, leaves [...]

Years ago my wife and I lived on the shore of Walby Lake, a small lake near Palmer, Alaska, USA. At that time, ours was the only house along its [...]

A chicken is chicken whether it is a prairie chicken, a road runner, a guinea hen, or a broiled one from Tesco’s rotisserie. As a kid part of my chores [...]

There once was an oyster whose story I tell, Who found that sand had gotten under his shell; Just one little grain, but it gave him much pain For oysters [...]

Everywhere Jesus went he drew a crowd. Hundreds - even thousands - gathered around him. What was the attraction - his personality, his message, his ideas? Or were the people [...]

"Jehovah Jireh, my Provider; Your grace is sufficient for me. My God shall supply all my needs according to His riches in glory. Jehovah Jireh cares for me, for me!" [...]

There are few words in the dictionaries that have such a wide range of definitions and applications as does the word love: passion, ardor, infatuation, crush, flame, yearning, puppy love, [...]

Put a baby shark into a 16X24 inch aquarium and that shark, in time, will grow to be 10-12 inches at adulthood. Put that same baby shark into the wide [...]

Transition is a condition we live in. From moment to moment we change physically, intellectually and even spiritually. This transition will be complete upon our entrance into eternal life, whether [...]

Our lives are very tenuous, hanging on our regular heartbeats, pumping miraculous blood through our bodies at a given rate. Interrupt the heartbeat for even a couple of minutes and [...]

It is not unusual, in nature, for an animal, insect, or fish to take on or demonstrate the physical characteristics of another. Some tropical fish glow or pulsate light at [...]