What is Jesus passionate about?  Jesus is passionate about drawing people towards himself.  As the Son of God, He has been calling people to Him for hundreds of years before He came to earth! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood...

Is being passionate about what you do, a good thing or a bad thing? …one of the most fiercely driven executives to ever live, once said, “I value passion probably more than any other attribute.” As CEO of a $60 billion company, he saw to it that only the most...

‘Passion’ is a 12th Century French word that comes from the Latin word ‘passionem’ which means ‘suffer’.  The ‘Passion of Christ’ is literally ‘the suffering of Christ’.  Today we use the word to speak about extreme desires like ‘passionate love’ or ‘my passion in life’.  Ironically the passion of Christ...

ISTANBUL — When 22 Christian refugees gathered in the basement of an apartment in Istanbul early on a recent Sunday afternoon, it was quickly clear that this was no ordinary prayer meeting. Several of them had Islamic names…. Strangest of all, they jokingly referred to their host — one of...

Since 2011, 259 people have died taking ‘selfies’ … photos of themselves.  The deaths were varied;  being hit by trains or cars, drowned, burned by fires, falling down stairs, and even being attacked by animals.  Today people are so self-absorbed that they miss the big picture and what is going...

When the Holy Spirit spoke to Moses, he gave one command to him and Moses was to pass this on to his children, and his children’s children. 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and...

Our aim in life is simply to please God.  But what pleases God?  Here are a few ideas. …we make it our aim to please him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he...

Psalm 27 has only one verse that tells us to do something.  What is it? “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”             Psalm 27:14 David even says it twice, for the hard of hearing:  Wait for the Lord. When you are in trouble,...

In the musical My Fair Lady, Freddy sings about his feelings for Eliza Doolittle. He is so in love that even the street where she lives is a special, magical place:         “Does enchantment pour out of every door?         No, it’s just on the street where you live.”  ...

In 1982, Rocky III came out with its new theme song ‘The Eye of the Tiger’. “It’s the eye of the tiger, it’s the thrill of the fight, Risin’ up to the challenge of our rival” This song was heard in many gyms and in the headphones of many athletes. ...