Matthew 6:14-15 -For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. This scripture is pure and simple. It states we have to forgive others if we expect to be forgiven. ...
Read More »Where is God When Tragedy Strikes?
Tragedies abound in the USA. Homicide and Suicide rates continue to increase. Mass Shootings abound, with over 400 mass shootings in the US this year already. Homicides totaled 26.031 in 2021. Suicides totaled 49,500 in 2022, while drug-related deaths were reported at 109,680. Every day in 2021, about 37 people ...
Read More »Life After a Tragic Loss: Can We Keep Our Faith?
Revelation 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there by any more pain: for the former things are passed away. My son was on fire for Christ! Why? How can this happen? Why ...
Read More »We Can Be the Change?
Oh boy! Have you watched the news lately? There are so many problems going on in this world. Poverty, hunger, sickness, crime, wars and rumors–too many things to mention it seems. Whether at the personal, local, national or international level, many trials and tribulations exist and threaten to poison our ...
Read More »Is God Silent During Suffering?
Recently my Japanese friend, a missionary in Japan, asked for prayer about her troubled feeling aroused by the movie, Silence, shot in Taiwan by Hollywood director, Martin Scorsese. According to Time Magazine, “Silence is a somber epic about Jesuit priests struggling to keep their faith in violently anti-Christian 17th century Japan”. ...
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