Kevin Corbin

the fact remains that we must be born again. Jesus made that clear when speaking with Nicodemus (John 3:1-8)

The application is seldom, if ever, what the text is about.

Wolves are mentioned in the Bible, both the four-legged and two-legged varieties. We are warned against the two-legged variety.

Every year, the salmon return to where they were born to spawn. No one yet understands how they know where to return.

All these faiths acknowledge Jesus in some way, though they differ on the details. Since they all recognize Him, why don’t we look to the source and examine the words of Jesus Himself?

True believers are a gift to Christ from the Father.

“They” make us angry. We stop seeing “them” as people and begin to classify them into inhuman groups.

The once familiar is now strange. The former close friend now rejects and ridicules us. Things we once thought nothing of now cause us discomfort.

Sometimes, we need to take a break from the busyness or routine of our everyday lives.

What might have been cute initially has become a plague or pestilence.