America All true Americans really embrace this expression in our National Anthem. “Land of the free, and home of the brave.” That is the true essence of the founding of this great nation. The brave made it free! But I have to admit that toward the end of my life I am seeing a different […]
Our church is engaged in a weekly study of the life of Moses in the book of Exodus. We are at the point where the Israelites were pinned in between the Red Sea and the Egyptian warriors. They are terrified and are grumbling. ‘And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the […]
Most of you are old enough and experienced enough to know there are incredible number of rocks. Tiny ones to large boulders. Some are soft and easily crushed while others will require a jackhammer to break them up. When I was growing as a child, I would go to the river and we boys would […]
I invite you to read this Psalm in total. Why is God laughing? Let’s look together. Today, it is abundantly clear what he is seeing. Nations raging Peoples plotting in vain Kings and rulers coming together against Jesus Saying, “let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us” What we are observing is nation upon […]
The Shephard We’ve all heard the expression; ‘the wolf in sheep’s clothing’. It is the title of one of the Fables of Aesop. “A Wolf found a Sheep’s pelt and wore it to blend in with the flock. Worked for a while until the Shepherd noticed. No more Wolf!” ‘A wolf found great difficulty in getting […]
Salvation After you receive salvation by grace through faith, what would be your obvious number one mission? Well, actually, it is a two-part mission. Singing praises to his name and telling others of his salvation. There’s not really another option provided in scripture. That is, unless you want to be disobedient and rob yourself of […]
Walk by faith We know the Scriptures, but we’re not making them a part of our walk. We know them, but we don’t trust them. Therefore, fear takes over because it has no eyes of faith. A believer must walk by faith and not by sight. When we rely on our sight, we can’t see […]
Doubt If I were to ask you, what was Adam and Eve’s original sin, what would be your answer? Most will say that it was eating the fruit from the forbidden tree. But, was there something else that happened that led them to do that? In Genesis 3 we see that Satan, through the serpent, […]
Believe The debate over faith and works has been around for thousands of years. But God actually settled it early on when he called a gentile to leave home and country to a life of sojourning all his days. He obeyed. Several years passed and Abram (Abraham later) and Sarai (Sarah later) were childless, in […]
“Pray without ceasing” I Thes. 5.17 ESV ‘One more’ prayer During the Christmas holidays our grandson Luke, wife Meagan and their daughter, Clara Louise, our first great-grandchild, were in Dallas. She is 20 months old. One evening we were all gathered in the bedroom as they were putting her to bed. They said their usual […]