By: Obed Pineda “For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.” (1st John 3:20) Its Sunday morning and you are already in your seat as worship promptly begins. You are curiously intrigued by the title of that morning’s lesson and ponder as…
By: Obed Pineda As the road toward Golgotha began to wind down, the Master was keenly aware that His time with His disciples was soon to expire. When their path led them to Jerusalem “six days before the Passover,” as the beloved disciple tells it, the Lord imparted a series…
By: Obed Pineda “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” (Matthew 5:6) When a traveler is crossing the scorching, arid sands of the desert, the sudden appearance of a verdant tract of land notifies him of the presence of a perennial source of…
By: Obed Pineda Of the plethora of lessons I received from my beloved mentor, there is one that I fondly remember. He and I were in attendance at the funeral of a faithful sister in Christ and had just arrived at the gravesite where her remains were going to be…
By: Obed Pineda During operation “Desert Storm,” the US government approved to send several fleets of fighter jets overseas to an undisclosed location in the Middle East. However, as the fleets began to land at their designated station a problem presented itself for the operation. The location that had been…
By: Obed Pineda When presenting a business proposal to a party of interest, the ultimate goal of that meeting is to get that party to “sign on the dotted line.” This becomes the priority of that meeting, because without their signature, no matter how much interest that party may show…
By: Obed Pineda When the diligent disciple of the Bible hears the words “in the beginning,” it is very probable that the book of Genesis immediately appears at the forefront of the mind. The high probability of this being true is made likely in great part because Genesis is often…
By: Zachary Teasley In Matthew 10:32-40, Jesus says, “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven. Do not think that I came…
By: Orean Brown We hear a lot today about identity theft. Unscrupulous fellows have found ways to discover social security numbers, addresses, names, dates of birth, and other information related to one’s identity and used such things for nefarious purposes. In some cases, individuals have become indebted overnight for cars,…
By: Joel Ramirez It is almost impossible to drive down the street and not see a sticker or a poster exclaiming “He is the reason for the season”. The slogan is set in an outline of someone kneeling at a manger with the intent of bringing recognition to the birth…