Christmas/Easter Advent – Jesus Became One Of Us D Fevig, December 13, 2021April 9, 2024 The Church has celebrated the season of Advent for over 1500 years. The word “advent” is defined as “the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event”. The Latin word “adventus” means “coming”. John wrote at the beginning of his Gospel (1:1-3, 14), “In the beginning was the Word, and… Continue Reading
Christmas/Easter The Five Dreams of Christmas D Fevig, December 7, 2021April 9, 2024 In Matthew’s account of Jesus’ birth, it is striking how many dreams are mentioned, and the significant roles each one played. Joseph had four dreams, and the wise men had one. The Old Testament prophet Joel predicted: It will come about after thisThat I will pour out My Spirit on… Continue Reading
Christmas/Easter The Wise Men of Christmas D Fevig, November 29, 2021April 9, 2024 The Christmas decorations are going up everywhere! Every manger scene this time of year contains three wise men bearing their gifts, along with shepherds, animals, and angels surrounding Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus. And of course the star of Bethlehem overhead. These displays are like an executive summary of… Continue Reading
Culture Corrie Ten Boom on persecution D Fevig, November 20, 2021April 28, 2024 My wife Kathy saw Corrie Ten Boom in person at an event in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This message is very similar to the one she heard, at around the same time as this letter was written in 1974. Corrie and her family sheltered Jewish people in their house in Holland during… Continue Reading
Living How to Enter God’s Sabbath Rest D Fevig, November 19, 2021April 13, 2024 I am involved in a Bible study on Zoom, which includes men from many states across the country. Recently we discussed the Sabbath. Our leader, Steven Cohen, is a Jewish believer in Jesus as the Messiah. He has a web site, Apple of His Eye (https://www.appleofhiseye.org/) with lots of information… Continue Reading
Culture Men and Women: How to Relate? D Fevig, October 28, 2021April 9, 2024 Our culture is obsessed with sexual themes, very similar to the Greek/Roman world of the New Testament. Since the “sexual revolution” in the 1960s, our culture has accepted many sexual practices and attitudes that are far from God’s ideal. The Scriptures lay out many principles that will help guide us… Continue Reading
Theology Meeting Together: From Homes to Mega-Churches D Fevig, September 28, 2021April 9, 2024 The author of Hebrews tells us in 10:24-25, And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching…. Continue Reading
People in Scripture God’s Promises to the Sons of Abraham D Fevig, September 10, 2021April 24, 2024 As of this writing, tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the attack on our country on 9/11/2001. Since the attackers were Muslim, I thought it would be good to take a look back 2000 years to the origins of the people groups we now know as Arabs. Many Arab groups… Continue Reading
Theology How to Manage God’s Money D Fevig, September 9, 2021April 9, 2024 Most of us have heard messages that quote Malachi 3:8-10, interpreted something like this: we need to give the tithe (10%) to our local church, and any other gifts above and beyond the tithe can go to other Christian organizations, charities, etc. The concept is “tithes and offerings”. Is this… Continue Reading
People in Scripture Job Teaches Us About Suffering D Fevig, September 9, 2021June 28, 2025 The book of Job contains human and divine perspectives on the problem of suffering. In my years of jail ministry, Job was one of the most popular and often read books in the Bible. The guys could identify with Job’s loss of most everything in this life. We can all… Continue Reading