Pray Always Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. —Luke 18: 1 What is prayer? Why should we pray? And does God answer our prayers?  Jesus addresses each of these questions in a parable about prayer, a little story about an unjust judge who ultimately grants the wish of an unrelenting widow.…

The Cornerstone This Jesus is “the stone that was rejected by you, the builders; it has become the cornerstone.” There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved. —Acts 4: 11–12 Shortly before sunset on a Sabbath evening, I stood with my band of fellow pilgrims in…

The Most Difficult Thing in the Universe Thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. —Matthew 6: 11–12 These familiar words are at the heart of the prayer our Lord teaches us to pray. But what is this kingdom…

Do You Believe Thus? I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. —John 11: 25–26 Imagine you have been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. You are sitting in the office of your doctor who has just reviewed your lab results and…