Celebrate Easter Like Christmas

People start gearing up for Christmas six weeks in advance but Easter often catches families by surprise. There are pages of Advent devotionals available online but just a handful of family devotionals for Holy Week or Easter Week. So why is Easter so neglected? Shouldn’t we celebrate Easter with the same gusto we do Christmas? Part of the challenge is that Christmas is always December 25th…

Jesus Is Our Shalom

Excerpt taken from Unleashing Peace: Experiencing God’s Shalom in Your Pursuit of Happiness by Jeremiah J. Johnston   William Thackeray’s nineteenth-century novel Vanity Fair has been recognized as one of the best English language novels of all time.¹ Thackeray was so influential that Charlotte Brontë dedicated her novel Jane Eyre to him. Thackery described his book’s setting “as a very…

Noah and the Last Days

A hundred years of warnings about an impending disaster didn’t change the daily lives of Noah’s neighbors. Over two millennia of prophecy about God’s end-time judgment hasn’t changed the world much. The judgment of God is not a popular topic, but in his customary, winsome way, Ray Comfort asks hard questions about end-times beliefs – and readiness. Examining the scientific evidence supporting…

Why the Women Rested

At the crucifixion of Jesus, three women stood watching: Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and Salome, the mother of James and John. It was a tearful and emotionally shattering moment. Each of these women held Jesus deeply in her heart as His bloody, beaten body hung lifeless on the cross. Their hopes were dashed. Their spirits were broken. Can you imagine the grief these…

The Life of Jesus

Experience the life of Jesus exactly as it appears in the Gospel of John, with cast from Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre.   Watch on Inspiration TV: Saturday, March 30 at 9 p.m. ET | 21:00 UK Sunday, March 31 at 2 a.m. ET | 02:00 UK (Times Subject to Change without Notice) View TV Schedule Ways to Watch

Jesus’ Resurrection: Fact or Fiction?

At Easter, some might wonder what all the fuss is about. Who cares? What difference does it make if Jesus rose from the dead? It makes all the difference in the world. If Christ did not rise, then thousands of believers have died as martyrs for a hoax. If he did rise, then he is still alive and can offer peace to troubled, hurting lives. Countless scholars–among them the apostle Paul,…

Where Is God When Tragedy Strikes?

Whenever there is a natural disaster, a terrorist attack, or some other unexpected tragedy people question where God was when these things took place. With this type of pain and tragedy, many people ask the question, “Why did God allow this?” Certainly there are no words to describe the anguish that people suffer in these tragedies, and answers to important questions like the one above seem…

Simple Steps to Health and Wholeness

Excerpt taken from Simple Steps to Health and Wholeness by Inspiration Ministries If you want a balanced, productive life – a life filled with health and healing – you must place everything at God’s feet…trust Him…and don’t hold back. In doing so, you’ll not only discover a peace that “surpasses all understanding” (Philippians 4:7), but the ability to overcome sins and other barriers that keep…

Ready for the Spirit

“I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may be with you forever; the Helper is the Spirit of truth … you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.”—John 14:16–17 NASB In the night before He was crucified, Jesus spent time teaching His disciples central truths they would need in the days after His resurrection. One central theme was knowing about the…

A World Worth Saving

We are different. We all look different. Some of us attract attention, while others are average to the point of invisible. Some stand and act as straight as an arrow, while others are stooped, or cannot stand without help or supervision. We look at things differently; some are attracted to shiny new cars; others, the shiny hair of a Golden Retriever; and for others, even the shadows cannot soften…