By: Dr Eliezer GonzalezLet’s face it, we have too much stuff! Even more than that, our stuff is taking over our lives. We think that our stuff improves the quality of our lives, when instead, it’s taking it away. In fact, it’s even destroying our lives! Wouldn’t your life...
By: Dr Eliezer GonzalezThe most forgiven people should be the most forgiving.That’s the lesson that Jesus tried to teach Simon when Simon had invited him to his house for dinner. You see, Simon was a Pharisee. The Pharisees talked about forgiveness, but they didn’t think that they were...
By: Dr Eliezer GonzalezThere are many things that are odd about the resurrection of Jesus, but then again there were many things that are odd about his ministry and his death. That’s because Jesus never seemed to do things the way other people expected him to.If I had been Jesus on that...
By: Dr Eliezer GonzalezThe world really doesn’t have a definition for grace other than “smoothness and eloquence of movement.”Here is a beautiful Christian definition and description of grace:Grace is love that seeks you out when you have nothing to give in return… Grace...
By: Dr Eliezer GonzalezA few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. Some men came, bringing to him a paralysed man, carried...
By: Dr Eliezer GonzalezWhenever people are afraid and when their faith is wavering, and they ask Jesus a “knowledge” question, he never answers with a “knowledge” answer. Jesus always answers with an invitation to enter into a deeper relationship with him.In John 14:6,...
By: Dr Eliezer GonzalezOnce when I was young and I had a position of responsibility of a church, I was called to the hospital bedside of one of the members who had been run over by a truck earlier that day. He had suffered extremely serious injuries and he was lucky to be alive.I was there with...
By: Dr Eliezer GonzalezJesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets...
By: Dr Eliezer GonzalezI don’t remember being in my parents’ arms because I was too little. However, I know that they carried me in their arms, because I have the photos to prove it. That was when I was a very tiny baby.Because of the harsh upbringing that my father had himself had, I...
By: Dr Eliezer GonzalezWe were never meant to do life on our own and as God’s children, He promises his Spirit to help and to strengthen us. Here are some practical tips for how to keep your assurance and joy.1. Practice the Presence of GodJesus has promised to always be with you. Learn to...
By: Dr Eliezer GonzalezA friend of mine often says that we need to live for a good funeral. None of us are going to avoid a funeral of some sort, and we get to decide how our funeral will be. I’ve been to funerals which have quite frankly been horrifically bleak, and I’ve been to...
By: Dr Eliezer GonzalezWhile Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked...