“Advantages of using grafted vegetables include better resistance to pathogens, drought and other environmental stresses, more vigorous growth, and higher yield. These advantages also allow for fewer inputs such as pesticide applications and an extended harvest season.” (Bizen, Hu & Beartrack, Matt, Intro to Vegetable Grafting, OK STATE.EDU, 2022). Do...
Read more“He will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever.” – Jesus Christ Jesus was gone. They saw him ascend into heaven with their own eyes. The Good Shepherd who had lived with them, tended them, loved and protected them for three years was gone. But he promised them...
Read more“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” – John 15:12 (ESV) Have you noticed how easy it is to be friendly at church? We smile, shake hands, exchange a few pleasantries, and maybe even ask, “How are you?” But if we’re honest, most...
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For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every Read more…
Whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, Read more…
Mother’s Day isn’t just something the card companies made up. There’s a Biblical foundation for it. “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.” (Exodus 20:12) It’s the only commandment that includes a promise. Jesus Read more…
Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the Read more…
As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be Read more…
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Psalm 118:26 ESV Palm Sunday is typically viewed as a day of celebration, marking Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. The streets were alive with excitement as crowds gathered to welcome Him, waving palm branches and shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is Read more…
In this season of reflection, it seems good to remember the Man of Sorrows, our Savior, and how he was “despised and rejected of men.” (Isaiah 53:3). You remember the story about the crippled man by the Sheep’s Gate who could not get into the healing pool. Jesus had pity Read more…