by Mathew Swora | Apr 21, 2015
I John 3: 1 See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed....
by Mathew Swora | Mar 31, 2015
Mark 11: 12 On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry.13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see whether perhaps he would find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for...
by Mathew Swora | Mar 10, 2015
I Cor. 1: 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written:“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” 20 Where...
by Mathew Swora | Mar 3, 2015
” It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. 14 For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is...
by Mathew Swora | Feb 28, 2015
A source of ongoing inspiration for me each week are the church cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach. There are usually several for each Sunday of the church calendar, composed over his many years of service in Weimar and Leipzig, Germany. Very few cantatas, however,...
by Mathew Swora | Feb 24, 2015
This morning’s news carried the heart-wrenching news of another attack of Islamic militants against Christians of the ancient churches of the Middle East. The church being targeted is the Assyrian Orthodox Church, whose roots go back to the Jewish community of the...
