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Thursday, February 20, 2025
February 20th, 2025
         Romans 10 is a fascinating chapter in an incredibly rich book of the Bible.  We glean much of our theology today about salvation, justification, sin and reconciliation from Paul’s letter to t...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Monday, February 17, 2025
February 17th, 2025
            Conformity is defined as “behavior in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards.”  And there are many times when conformity is good.  For example, we all agree that certai...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Thursday, February 13, 2025
February 13th, 2025
            Paul wrote 2 letters to the Christians in Thessalonica.  I Thessalonians is often thought to be one of Paul’s earliest writings, if not his first letter.  He wrote to offer comfort and enc...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Monday, February 10, 2025
February 10th, 2025
          Contentment is a highly desirable station in life.  Most people want to be content.  For many, contentment is elusive—almost seemingly unattainable and elusive at best.  Others find biblical...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Thursday, February 6, 2025
February 6th, 2025
           You may remember the biblical story involving Abraham, Sarah, Hagar and Ishmael.  If not, here is a brief summary.  God has promised a son to Abraham and Sarah in their “senior years” to pu...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Monday, February 3, 2025
February 3rd, 2025
          GPS is a wonderful invention.  These letters stand for global positioning system.  For many of us, GPS has proven to be a reliable and consistent way of navigating from one place to another....  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Thursday, January 30, 2025
January 30th, 2025
            Some people suggest that “joy” is the key word for Paul’s letter to the Philippians.  And a quick or cursory reading of Philippians would back up such a conclusion.  This New Testament boo...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Monday, January 27, 2025
January 27th, 2025
            Paul’s Galatian letter was written to a church that was struggling.  This community of believers were battling and scuffling against a pull to return to legalism and the strict insistence ...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Thursday, January 23, 2025
January 23rd, 2025
           Most Christians would believe that generosity is a virtue worth pursuing.  Most would even like to think of themselves as generous people (certainly as opposed to being stingy or tight-fist...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Monday, January 20, 2025
January 19th, 2025
          Trusting God is one of the Bible’s leading themes.  Some form of the word trust is found repeatedly throughout the Bible.  Abraham was invited to trust God and the plans that the Lord had fo...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Thursday, January 16, 2025
January 16th, 2025
           I enjoy visiting baseball stadiums—especially stadiums that I have not visited previously.  One goal in life is to try to see every MLB stadium in America.  I have seen most of them already...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Monday, January 13, 2025
January 13th, 2025
          Our Bibles contain two letters from Paul written to the Christians in Corinth. And in both letters, Paul addressed some serious theological and practical challenges that the believers faced ...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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