Jesus is already on the move. Are we eagerly waiting? Are our eyes lifted? Are our hearts set on eternity? Luke 2 gives us the picture of Simeon—righteous, devout, pure, led by the Spirit, and eagerly waiting for the Messiah. He did not live carelessly. He did not live distracted....

In Pastor Franklin’s message on Sunday, he said that no one knows the exact time of Jesus’ return. But He has promised us that He’s coming quickly. And “quickly” in God’s timing is not like ours, for one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one...

Dear friends, even now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been fully revealed. Yet we hold fast to this promise: when Christ appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. This is the beautiful hope we live...

Separating and distinguishing one thing from another is a theme seen throughout Scripture. The wheat is separated from the tares in Matthew 13:30. One person is taken from the same bed as another; one of the women grinding grain is taken while the other is left. James says in James...

This is the hope for believers: that those we have lost will once again be raised from the dead. Sometimes in our lives, we may lose a loved one—a parent, a sibling, a friend, a child, or an acquaintance. However, there is a promise for believers in Christ: the dead...