Why did He do it? Why did He wait two days, letting his dear friend die before going to him? Surely if He loved him he would not have left him waiting until there was no hope. What about his grieving sisters, Mary and Martha? They couldn’t understand why Jesus ...
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Suing Mr. President
Today for the first time in history the US House of Representatives has voted to sue the President of the United States. As one would expect, the votes were almost entirely partisan. All democrats voted against the lawsuit and all but a handful of republicans voted to go forward with ...
Read More »OUR HOPE: Are You Called To Be A Disciple?
Think of the twelve disciples. Twelve very distinct personalities, from twelve very different backgrounds, and with twelve very different ideologies. Yet all were chosen by Jesus Himself. All had quite significant roles to play in God’s plan. A tax collector, a few fishermen, and even a doctor among them, the twelve lived, ...
Read More »Biblical Discipline in a Time-Out World
Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him. Proverbs 13:24 (ESV) Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul ...
Read More »Mercy Outruns Malice
In Victor Hugo’s novel, Les Miserables, peasant Jean Valjean served 19 years imprisonment due to stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family. Upon release, angry and bitter, he had no home and slept on the streets. A Catholic Bishop gave him shelter one night but Valjean ran off ...
Read More »Bad Bosses
The title above may sound like a television series or a rap song, but it’s referring to neither. It’s meant to be taken literally. It is what it is; bad bosses… are an unpleasant fact. They are like annoying little flies that you want to desperately smack, but if you ...
Read More »Which Party does God Support?
Which Party does God Support? These days it seems our nation (and many Christians) is more polarized than ever. So, one may wonder, whose side is God on, anyway? Democrats claim to be for the little people, the poor, and the disenfranchised. They like to spend lots of taxpayer dollars ...
Read More »Fear Not and Do Not Be Afraid
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified of them, for the Lord your God goes with you, He will never leave or forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:6 God tells us in the Bible more than 100 times, “Do not be afraid.” Yet, there are times we are ...
Read More »Once Saved, Always Saved?
I bet you have heard that phrase more than once! In the conversations that I have listened to, it seems someone is trying to cut themselves some slack for walking that fine line between right and wrong. “Well,” they say, “I have believed in Jesus for a really long time ...
Read More »Why Engage in War?
Arriving by boat, the gentlemen stepped onto the shore and encountered a not so warm welcome. “What do you want with us…Have you come here to torture us? Taking a step forward as the others took a slight step back, the righteous man replied, “Go!”, and the demons fled. (Specifically ...
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