I’m Thankful That I’m Thankful

                  Be Thankful For What You Do Have And               You’ll Grumble Less about What You Don’t Have. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we...

A Grateful Nation

Leaving God Out of Thanksgiving is Like Leaving             Christ Out of Christmas. Perhaps no other custom reveals our nation’s original character as clearly as the celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Other countries have adopted similar observances, but America...

Moral Cowards

Courage Is Often A Silent Thing. “And the king (Herod) was exceedingly sorry; but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her. And immediately the king sent a soldier of the guard and gave orders to bring his head. He went and beheaded...

From Here To Eternity

Life After Death Is More Than An Urn On A Mantel Piece Humans have pondered this question about life after death from the time death first visited planet earth. The reason of course is that no matter how fast you run you can’t  out run death. Like your shadow on the...

The Protestant Reformation

It Was The Greatest Event in the Last 500 Years On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted 95 theses on the church door at Wittenberg—an action that helped to spark the Protestant Reformation. We are indebted to the Reformers’ courageous stand against the civil and...

Fools

Fools Rush In Where Angels Fear To Tread. “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for When does a man become a...

One Thing ~ One Way

Like Even The Simple Can’t Get Lost On A Straight Road. But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her,...

Child of Darkness or Child of Light

In Thy Light We Shall See Light The Bible is rich in metaphors and similes. Light is one of its favorite picture words.       God is said to be ‘light.” Light is the most constant, and clearly observable, and all-pervasive experience in our universe....

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...