While driving us to an unfamiliar location my husband noticed that the GPS directions suddenly seemed wrong After entering a reliable four-lane highway we were advised to exit and travel along a one-lane ldquo frontage rdquo road running parallel to us ldquo I rsquo ll just trust it rdquo Dan said despite seeing no delays After about ten miles however the traffic on the highway next to us slowed to a near standstill The trouble Major construction And the frontage road With little traffic it provided a clear path to our destination ldquo I couldn rsquo t see ahead rdquo [... more]

I rsquo m not a coffee drinker but one sniff of coffee beans brings me a moment of both solace and wistfulness When our teenage daughter Melissa was making her bedroom uniquely hers she filled a bowl with coffee beans to permeate her room with a warm pleasant scent It rsquo s been nearly two decades since Melissa rsquo s earthly life ended in a car accident at age seventeen but we still have that coffee-bean bowl It gives us a continual aromatic remembrance of Mell rsquo s life with us Scripture also uses fragrances as a reminder Song of [... more]

Pastor Rick has a topical message [... more]

Something so cordial can happen in first introductions when two persons discover that they have a friend in common In what may be its most memorable form a big-hearted host welcomes a guest with something like ldquo So nice to meet you Any friend of Sam rsquo s or Samantha rsquo s is a friend of mine rdquo nbsp nbsp Jesus said something similar He rsquo d been attracting crowds by healing many But He rsquo d also been making enemies of local religious leaders by disagreeing with the way they were commercializing the temple and misusing their influence In [... more]

Join us as we worship our Triune God- For more information about Grace Church please visit www graceharrisburg org [... more]

We've all been in a pickle A bind a jam a quandary a real fix a tight spot What do you do when you're between a rock and a hard place clowns to the left of you jokers to the right Today on A NEW BEGINNING Pastor Greg Laurie points out the tough decision faced by Pontius Pilate A man stood before him ready for sentencing The crowd wanted his death Pilate thought he may be innocent and his superiors were monitoring the outcome from Rome What will he do Listen on harvest org --- Learn more and subscribe to [... more]

Today apos s Our Daily Bread Devotional [... more]

Somber eyes peer out from the painting Simon of Cyrene by contemporary Dutch artist Egbert Modderman Mark Simon was pulled from the watching crowd and forced to help Jesus carry His cross In the painting Simon rsquo s eyes reveal the immense physical and emotional burden of this responsibility Mark tells us that Simon was from Cyrene a big city in North Africa that had a large population of Jews during Jesus rsquo time Most likely Simon had journeyed to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover Then he found himself in the middle of this unjust execution but was able to [... more]

Herod held the power So it seemed But the fox Was outfoxed His plot to kill Christ So easily foiled As the stargazers slept And heard from God And being warned in a dream They departed to their Own country by another way Matt How easily God prevails The wicked king stewed And brooded And conspired while The magi slept And were saved God can do more For you while you sleep Than all hell can do to you Wide awake So sweet dreams Child of God The Lord of Glory Is at work overpowering The evil powers For you [... more]

After the death of Jesus a man named Joseph of Arimathea came to bury the body of Christ Today R C Sproul continues his exposition of the gospel of Mark to acknowledge how the dignity of Jesus' burial was a fulfillment of prophecy Get R C Sproul's Expositional Commentary on the Gospel of Mark for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org mark-expositional-commentary Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

When nearly everyone else had abandoned Jesus three women stood by their crucified Savior refusing to leave Him in His dying hours Today R C Sproul displays the loyalty of several women who served the Lord during His ministry Get the 'Dust to Glory' Special Edition DVD Series with R C Sproul for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org dust-to-glory Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]