by Claude Stauffer | Feb 3, 2026 | Discipleship, Purpose
You are . . . – Matthew 5:13 Ever ask the question, “Who am I?” or “What is my purpose in life?” Ever been asked about “who” you are or why you are the way you are? Most people at some point ask themselves those questions. Most people ask themselves those questions...
by Claude Stauffer | Jan 27, 2026 | Beatitudes, Blessing, Discipleship, Lawlessness
Blessed are. . . – Matthew 5:1-12 In the span of a few weeks two activists/demonstrators/rioters have lost their lives. One was a lesbian activist mother, whose three children are now without their mother. Another was an emergency room ICU nurse who brought a...
by Claude Stauffer | Jan 13, 2026 | Discipleship, Evangelism
“Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men” – Matthew 4;19. If ever there was a time when people needed Jesus, this is that time. We are a nation at war with ourselves. Deceit, hypocrisy, treachery, injustice, self-indulgence, religious militancy and challenges,...
by Claude Stauffer | Jan 6, 2026 | Discipleship, Temptation, Testing
Then Jesus said to him, ‘Away with you, Satan! For it is written, You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.’” – Matthew 4:10 Whether we realize it or not, we are under a great deal of spiritual warfare. This spiritual warfare takes place in...
by Claude Stauffer | Jun 1, 2021 | Cross of Christ, Discipleship, Following Jesus
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.” – Luke 14:26 At the end of Luke 14, Jesus speaks of what it means to follow Him. Earlier in the chapter,...
by Claude Stauffer | Aug 25, 2020 | Discipleship, Evangelism, Gospel
After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go. – Luke 10:1 We serve a magnificent God. He is our Creator, Sustainer, Omniscient, Omnipotent, Just,...
