If one did not know any differently, from the way it sounds, it would be a professional orchestra. This young group of musicians are as good as they come. They have toured the world. They have performed for Pope Francis, and with Stevie Wonder, among others. But they are not ...

It is the physical law of how any new life begins that something must first die (John 12:24). This statement of truth by Jesus is not an easy plan. Jesus is giving us what must happen in the Spiritual world. Man needs a Spiritual rebirth by a work of God ...

“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.”  Matthew 11:28 (NASB) This past week I have been on vacation with my 17-year-old granddaughter.  She has been here in our home for two weeks, and will remain for one more.  While I will be ...

Among my father’s things we found a letter dated May, 1886. The handwriting had faded, but the words of Robert White, minister at Sea-View Cottage in  County Down, Ireland, still attest to the character of my great-grandfather, James. In the letter, the minister bore testimony to the “honest”, “industrious”, and ...

As people conduct their daily business as usual the reality is that there are five areas that have radically transformed the world we once knew. All of what will be said in this article applies on a global scale, but it is more evident in the United States because of ...

The young couple’s story began on a chilly Halloween night in 1930 while attending  a masquerade ball. The young man had left high school four years earlier to take a job with the local electric company, helping  his father make ends meet for a family with nine children. The young ...

The trials of life will have you feeling Knocked Out. I sit reflecting on life, not only about myself but what is going on in this world today. Senseless killings, unemployment, drugs, death, etc, but in a deep sense we all are born dying. Just that thought leads me to a ...

John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. I find it fascinating that John would use the word flesh instead of “man” to speak about the incarnation ...

I wrote this article while visiting my 96-year old mom at a retirement center in Dallas, Texas. She has the opportunity to live with other seniors, many of whom, like her, are widows. This is so important. Loneliness is not an option! Companionship and socialization is a necessity for one’s ...

— Psalm 121:1-3 A Song of Ascents The Song of Ascents, also called the Song of Degrees, are made up of 15 Psalms (120-134). They are also called Gradual Songs, or steps, stairs, high, hills, stories, go, goeth, going, mountain, chiefest, come, and before. All these different words used in ...