The disastrous floods that ravage various parts of the world each year remind us of the catastrophic deluge that God […]
Perhaps the reason why Christmas time is “special” is because, for some reason or other, everything seems more intense at […]
In Psalm 6, David, the king of Israel, goes through a range of emotions as he suffers from an undisclosed […]
I remember Christmas disappointments. For example, receiving a baseball glove instead of goalie equipment, a toboggan instead of pool table. […]
When our children were young, during the weeks preceding Christmas, I watched them as they counted down the days, hours, […]
As Christians, we eventually learn that there are always choices to make if you want to follow God’s way. A […]
Many years ago I took a trip in one of our church vans. When the weather suddenly changed and it […]
17But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that […]
Sometimes when we listen to the news and they talk about the number of people there are in the world […]
In 1990 there was an unusual movie called “Awakenings” with Robert De Niro and Robin Williams. It was about a […]
In Matthew 6:31-33 Jesus said the following: 31Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we […]
There is a modern expression that describes an old human need. The expression is “kissing up” and it means to […]
Several years ago, I was visiting a congregation whose “prime” had passed. The attendance was half of what it used […]
Be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life […]
In Luke 17:19 we have the story of Jesus healing a leper. After this miracle, Jesus said to the man, […]
Recently, we have gone through the painful experience of having to withdraw from one of our members because he refused […]
One of the more gruesome characters who appeared in the new several years ago was a man they called “The […]
Tell me what kind of person is talking here… “I will do it later”; “I will watch the movie, then […]
The Wednesday night service and Bible study at the church building is as inconvenient a habit as you can have. […]
You hear about it at a lectureship or when you have lunch with someone from another congregation, brother so and […]