by Dennis Stevenson | Mar 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
The day when we celebrate Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem for the last week of His life. He entered with the intention of taking on the sins of the world and dying so that we might live. All over the world, people celebrate this day as the beginning of...
by Dennis Stevenson | Mar 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
It was woven into the culture of every church I attended. But then my dad was the pastor, so it was perfectly consistent everywhere I went. Some of my strongest memories of the Lord’s Supper happened on Saturday night. Not because we had a Saturday evening...
by Dennis Stevenson | Mar 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
It was a wonderful experience to walk in the places where the great stories of the Bible occurred. It changed the way I read my Bible. I can close my eyes and see the valley of Elah where David defeated Goliath. I have strong recollections of the city of Jericho by...
by Dennis Stevenson | Mar 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
This is my favorite time of the year. I literally get more psyched about this season than I do about Christmas. Yes, the nativity is fantastic. The pictures are lovely. The sentiments are warm and fuzzy. “Christ is born!” is a wonderful proclamation....
by Dennis Stevenson | Dec 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
Long ago I made a couple trips to the Holy Land. One of my stops was Bethlehem. The spot of the birth of our Savior. Did you know that a silver star marks the spot where a large portion of Christianity believes that baby Jesus was actually born? I shared a blog post...
by Dennis Stevenson | Dec 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Many years ago, I had the opportunity to tour Israel. Twice, in fact. It’s a powerful visual aide to have seen many of the places I’ve read about in my Bible. On both trips, we visited the town of Bethlehem. I want to...
by Dennis Stevenson | Dec 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Twice, in fact. It’s a powerful visual aide to have seen many of the places I’ve read about in my Bible. On both trips, we visited the town of Bethlehem. I want to share some photos I took on those trips. Of course, the town of Bethlehem is famous as...
by Dennis Stevenson | Nov 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
According to tradition, the Native Americans showed the early pilgrims how to farm and survive the first winter in the New World. That makes it a celebration of redemption and salvation. As Christians, we should really support everything about redemption and...
by Dennis Stevenson | Nov 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Perhaps you’ve heard someone say, “Fail to plan. Plan to fail.” This is a common saying in many professional situations. But what about our spiritual lives? Do you have a plan? This is a question with eternal...
by Dennis Stevenson | Oct 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Plan to fail.” This is a common saying in many professional situations. But what about our spiritual lives? Do you have a plan? This is a question with eternal ramifications. I’ve been working on a plan for lifelong discipleship. It’s something...
by Dennis Stevenson | Sep 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
The truth is that our Christian walk is a journey, not a destination. So there’s no way we can say “I’ve got it all figured out.” But how do we move forward? How do we grow? That’s a big question for all of us. What kinds of things have...
by Dennis Stevenson | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
It has a lot of parts that paint pictures that are frankly very frightening. It’s probably something you would never want to experience firsthand. The Book of Revelation is an often misunderstood book of our Bible. But it’s in our Bible. It’s...
by Dennis Stevenson | Sep 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
We’ve now come to the end of the Bible. The book of Revelation serves as the matching bookend to the book of Genesis. But just because this is the last book, we’re not done with the story of the Bible by a long shot. This last book packs a big punch!...
by Dennis Stevenson | Aug 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
The book of Acts describes how the Apostle Paul planted churches on his missionary journeys. He wasn’t the only one planting churches. Before long, there were lots of churches all over the known world. But since Christianity was so new, they fell pre to...
by Dennis Stevenson | Aug 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
It’s all below. But but first I have to tell you about something wonderful that happened! A few months ago I got an email from a man named Pastor Paul. He leads a church in Derby UK (not far from Nottingham). He reached out and asked me if I thought my book...
