by Erika VanHaitsma | Apr 25, 2018 | Parenting
I’ll never forget the night my 7 year old son, Micah, was just a baby, and I was up feeding him. It was horrible. I was anxious, worried, afraid of what the future held for my precious little boy. He was so little, so innocent, so helpless! My heart just broke...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Apr 19, 2018 | Sunday Morning Thoughts
There is an ugly side to Christianity that we often ignore in churches these days. Our lives are quite comfortable and our days are filled with good things. We meet with the Church on Sunday, go to our Biblestudies throughout the week, read our Bibles, pray, tithe,...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Apr 11, 2018 | Sunday Morning Thoughts
What do you call an innocent man who willingly dies for the guilty? The same man who would willingly humble Himself to be with those He loved. Last week we talked about Herod the Great and how he was willing to do anything to preserve his crown and his throne. The...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Apr 4, 2018 | Jewish Jesus
What kind of man could order the death of innocent children? The same man who could order the death of his very own sons. Herod The Great Herod the Great was a complex man. In some ways he was a great ruler who was able to keep a very unstable region together. But the...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Mar 19, 2018 | Sunday Morning Thoughts
The Story There’s a story in the Gospels in which a Gentile woman comes to Jesus because her daughter suffers terribly from demon-possession. I cannot fathom the pain of this mother as she watches her daughter potentially mutilate and destroy herself and her...
