The world around us often echoes with sirens and cries.  “Let’s pray about it,” sometimes feels like an escapist retort.  “Let’s do something about it,” seems futile.  The news coverage out of Ferguson, MO gave us a glimpse of the sad realities of crime and distrust.  Fear, rage and rampant ...

How can a Christian be a Christian in a secular work environment? This question has been on my mind since I recently was hired by a retail chain to supplement my social security. I have been employed for over 40 years at various jobs but this time this thought came ...

Yellowed and torn with age, the newspapers held obituaries as varied as the lives they represented. There were stories of childhood lost, lingering illness with hope for recovery, the mentioning of a graduation still looked forward to, a marriage ended in one spouse’s death when only months old, and the ...

While in Mexico last April, I had the privilege of hearing the Sunday morning sermon at Rancho De Sus Ninos given by the Director of  La Mision School of Ministry.  There is just something extra special about listening to God speak in a new setting.  The usual distractions and expectations ...

Remember the Titanic and the ‘tip of the iceberg’?  You never know what lurks beneath and so it is with life.  Things are RARELY what they seem and our faith if no different.  We can talk a good game all day long, but when the rubber meets the road where ...

“This means that we should not do things that we like to do (that God does not want us to do) and do things that we do not like to do (but God wants us to do) so that He may be glorified.”    -Saeed Abedini Why should we pray ...

Parents, do you know what your children are being exposed to at school when it comes to religion? Here are some examples of Islam becoming part of our school’s curricula. The British government has threatened to close down a Christian school if it doesn’t promote other faiths. In Birmingham, Muslim ...

The power of life and death resides in our tongues.  Words created this world…and we reveal and create reality by speaking.  We reveal the reality of what lies in our hearts by the words we speak.  We expose others to that reality–and sometimes they receive it as their own.  That ...

“Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.” (John Milton, Paradise Lost) Revenge can be a temptation, a natural desire in the face of a threat or a hurtful act on the part of another. It can certainly seem deserved when an injustice is done. But ...

Deliverance ministry refers to freeing people from the influence of evil spirits; casting out demons in order to free others from torment, oppression, and bondage. Reading through the gospels shows that this is a ministry that was very common for Jesus. Mark 1:39 says, “And He was preaching in their ...