If the IRS announced tomorrow that starting next month you (or your household) would need to start paying to the Feds $1,300.00 EVERY month for the next 10 years, what would you say or do?  What if this new IRS edict was directed at each and every “household” in the ...

These days it’s too easy to get a divorce.  Yes, society has changed it’s feelings about this once taboo subject.  Where in the past there may have been times when a divorce should have been granted, now there are times when many are granted that should not have been.   There used to ...

Do you really believe that Christ is coming back? I mean honestly, we’ve been hearing of His return since for-ever! And He’s still not here. So, tell me, do you really believe??? Let me clarify any doubt and unbelief that may be lingering in your hearts. HE IS COMING BACK. ...

Zombie mania has been rampant lately. In fact, I remember back in the day when I was a fourth grader and Michael Jackson’s Thriller was released. Everybody was getting into the zombie scene. Friends, it has hit again and it is a lot worse. So why do I care? I ...

Traditional service vs. contemporary. Youth group and 65+. The church can segregate itself unintentionally, but with division, the Body suffers. My arena was youth but the rich heritage of the older generation was often on my mind. Then the Lord gave me an idea to have the youth host a ...

On December 21, Wenjian Lui and Rafael Ramos of the New York Police Department were killed in an unprovoked attack of senseless evil. Rafael was going to officially become a lay chaplain. He considered his job to be a ministry of helping people. His message of hope and healing is ...

I remember one day in 5th grade during recess time two boys began to fight over who would get to “go out with me”. To me this was truly silliness since I had no interest in boys. Looking back on the incident, I think about how jealous the two had ...

Have you ever heard that lie being whispered in your mind that you messed up and now you’re not a Christian anymore? If you have, don’t fret my friend because that’s Satan playing his favorite party game. You see, Satan wants to break you. He wants to make you give ...

As sure as day will turn into night, you will have “crushes.” You know, that boy or girl that you have the hots for. Then eventually you’ll go out on dates. Christian teens have feelings too, so don’t be ashamed. God made no mistake when He created us sexual beings. ...

There is much to learn from Ryan Bell, former pastor, and current “Speaker, Author, Teacher, Activist at the Intersection of Faith, Justice and the Common Good” – as he describes himself.  A passion for learning and doing well emanates from every effort of this forty-plus ‘religious nomad.’  Seemingly that longing ...