Prognosticators

“Present your case,” says the Lord. “Set forth your arguments,” says Jacob’s King. “Bring in [your idols] to tell us what is going to happen. Tell us what the former things were, so that we may consider them and know their final outcome. Or declare to us the things to...

But God

Life is hard but God is good.  “My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever” (Psalm 73:26). God makes all the difference! There was a time when the whole world was in bondage to sin and death. But God! “But . . . God...

Coping With Stress In The New Year

Stress Is A Part Of Life   We have all heard it said a dozen of times before, “Stress makes you grow older faster.” Now like you I get weary of junk scientists who say such things one year only to have another scientist scuttle his findings the next year; but as to...

The Rough Places Made Plain

“Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.” (Isaiah 40:4) This is an amazing promise. In the primeval “very good” creation (Genesis 1:31),...

On The Road Again

We are only into the first week of the New Year, and regardless of what you might think of the Mayan Calendar prophecy or the fiscal cliff decision or even the possibility of another war we all know that life (even at its best) is a risky business. ‘For you do not...

Christmas Is Christ Tabernacled Amongst Us

“ And I  heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.” (Revelation 21:3) This is the first mention of the...

Christmas Is Humility a La Carte

It is supremely fitting that every man should approach the infant Jesus upon his knees. “On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold,...

It’s Only Good News If You Act On It

The Best News In The World A wife said to her husband, “Shall we watch the six o’clock news and get indigestion or wait for the eleven o’clock and have insomnia?”  The evening news is where they begin with ‘Good evening’–and give you twenty-five reasons why it...

Christmas, The Same Old Stories

Humbug! Every year we get the same old dribble from Liberal /progressive periodicals like Time magazine and the like, that Jesus was not born of a virgin; that Mary was raped by a Roman soldier; that because only the gospels of Matthew and Luke mention Jesus birth...

What if Mary Had Known About Abortion?

What If ? I know that you can’t go about life humming; “What If!” Truth is reality, truth is, what is, is; and what ain’t, ain’t. But, nevertheless I’m going to proceed with the question; What if, Mary had known about abortion; after all she was an unwed teenage...