Article by Tammy Tkach

Have you ever been in a huge crowd and felt small and insignificant? Or have you been on an airplane and noticed that the people on the ground were as small as vermin? Sometimes I think that in God's eyes we look like locusts hopping around in the dirt. In Isaiah 40,22:24 God says: He sits on the circle of the earth, and those who dwell in it are like locusts; he stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in; he makes princes to be as nothing, and judges… Read more ➜

Most children learn about magnifying glasses and have fun using them to see everything magnified. Insects look like monsters from science fiction novels. Bits of dirt and sand look like a huge riverbed or a desert. If you shine a magnifying glass on a friend's face, there is usually cause for laughter. Mary, the mother of Jesus, did not know about magnifying glasses. But she knew what she had seen in Luke. 1,46 said as she felt praise welling up within her at the news that she had received the blessing… Read more ➜

Often there is talk of getting to know Jesus. How to do this, however, seems a little nebulous and difficult. This is mainly because we cannot see him or speak to him face to face. He is real. But it is neither visible nor palpable. We cannot hear his voice either, except perhaps on rare occasions. Then how could we go about getting to know him? Recently, more than one source has drawn my attention to seeking and learning about Jesus in the gospels. I often have, as you are sure ... Read more ➜