When Bad Things Happen

Sometimes You Have To  Feel The Pain Before You See The Light. This is an age-old question and one of the most difficult in all of theology to answer. Atheists like to throw this thunderbolt at God’s people whenever they get the chance to hopefully nail us to the...

A Ready as A Wired Spring

In the ‘On Deck Circle’ John the Baptist was a voice crying in the desert, “Prepare the way of the Lord.” He was sent by God to prepare his people for the coming of their Messiah, Christ the Lord. John’s message of living in the light of the Lord’s return is a message...

Christian Martyrs

As a Christian I’m sure you have asked yourself the question; Would, I be willing to die for Christ as so many before me have? It’s easy to be brave when you’re sitting in the light of a strong Church surrounded by family and friends. But what if you were all alone in...

Was The Virgin Birth Borrowed from Paganism?

Somebody asked me the question several days ago; Were there  not a bunch of ancient myths about virgin births long before Christianity? Were not Dionysius and Mithras virgin born; and did not Christianity just borrow these myths from them?  If this is so were in deep...

Sharp Thorns Delicate Roses

  He Who Repents In Thorns Sleeps In A Bed Of Roses.  In Bible times life was full of narrow paths, sharp stones and thorns. Several days ago I had to cut down some rose bushes to get to a stucco wall that desperately needed painting.  It was a painful reminder...