"A time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."  — John 4:23-24
 
Jesus had an encounter with a woman at a water well in Samaria. She was not only confused in her theology, and in her morality, but her idea of worship was askew as well. John tells of that encounter when Jesus...

How sweet your words taste to me; they are sweeter than honey. Your commandments give me understanding; no wonder I hate every false way of life. Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.
— Psalm 119:103-105

The other day I found myself looking at a magazine ad for outdoor camping equipment. My eye spied a nifty Coleman battery-operated high intensity outdoor light. Now even though I don't camp at all, I wanted one. Why? Well, I suppos...

"You must not have any other god but me.  You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea."
— Exodus 20:3-4
 
On one assigned day each month, over 20 people in our church join with hundreds of others in New Mexico to pray and intercede against the moral breakdown in our state. It's heartbreaking that we rank so poorly in almost all of the crime and immorality lists in America. For exam...

"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the men of old gained approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen is not made out of things which are visible." — Hebrews 11:1-3
 
In 1893, an engineer and bridge builder by the name George Ferris built a huge wheel with cars attached to carry people. It was powered by a steam engine and designed to make...