Focusing On God When pressed for an answer to which commandment was the greatest, Jesus answered that it is having a love relationship with God. “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment.” (Matthew 22:37-38) It’s […]

Getting To The Heart If I were to give a definition of religion, part of it would be that religion is about the business of keeping and maintaining laws and the traditions that surround and are interwoven within them. Jesus, however, basically nullifies the rules and regulations in favor of a relationship, and within that […]

Devotional: Loving God To Love God is actually at the heart of what it means to be a believer in Jesus Christ. It is the greatest of all God’s commandment, and therefore it’s the statement of faith for all Jews, known as the “Shema,” or hearing. “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord […]