DAILY READING Matthew 16:24-28 REFLECTION   What do I have to Lose? By Elaine Pierce What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? (Matthew 16:26) The devil tempted Jesus - at least 5 times - in the desert. He offered the sun, the moon, the stars - the universe - and all Jesus had to do was perform a miracle of Satan's choosing (tell the stones to become bread; throw himself down from the highest point of the temple; bow down and worship Satan: see Matthew...

DAILY READING R evelation 5 REFLECTION   Worthy is the Lamb By Elaine Pierce I don't know about you, but when I open the book of Revelation, I find myself a little nervous. This book is full of visions and images, and I can't begin to understand them! Churches have split over interpreting this book: are you a premillenialist? An amillenialist? A post millenialist? (My favorite is the pan-millenialist: I don't know exactly how it will happen, but it will all pan out in the end:)). Chapter 5 is...

DAILY READING Ephesians 2:11-22 REFLECTION   God's Citizenship By Elaine Pierce Our daughter in law was born in England. She and our son met while they were both teaching in Hong Kong. About 7 years ago they moved back to the States. Samantha recently became a U.S. citizen, but she kept her British citizenship. She told me that she loves America, but she will always be from England. That makes her a dual citizen. We gentiles were once 'separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel...