I’ve always been rather slow when it comes to New Year’s Resolutions. Ask me on January 1stabout my “new year new you” plan and you’ll get a blank stare. But a few weeks later something may just have developed. This year, all I’m feeling is a need to have my heart filled...
All earthly nations are temporary. The Kingdom of God is eternal. Christians should be passionate about the advancement and mission of God’s Kingdom. Because we are also citizens in an earthly nation, it is right to want that nation to be good. It can be very helpful, then, for Christ...
but outside the Church there is no Holy Scripture, no Word of God at all; what remains of Holy Scripture is only the books. Very often people outside of the Church talk about their reverence for Holy Scripture and accuse the Church of disdaining it...
The gospel message of today leaves much to be desired. As I noticed so called Christianity is predominately no different than the world, struggling, committing suicide, not having any hope. Getting pumped up about going to heaven yet living miserably ...
David wrote, “When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer” (Psa 32:3-4). These verses highlight the destructive nature of un...
As Easter approaches, my thoughts return to the Scriptural accounts of the “Great Getting’ Up Morning.” The Resurrection! Chances are that most who read my blog have some idea about how Matthew, Mark, Luke and John give their accounts of how the Resurrection occurred. On the other hand,...
This particular passage impacted me years back in relation to the purchase of insurance. Yes I know – What are you talking about Carl. Story Time When my favorite and I were first married, we entered into a training that forced us to live by faith in the USA. As Canucks, we could no...
Scripture on Godly Womanhood These make great gifts as well! Know a couple who is getting married? Compile a list of helpful marriage scripture or quotes and give them to the couple. Or better yet make 1 Corinthians cards so that in their first year of marriage they can memorize “Love is...
What about traditions where the groom is not allowed to see the bride before their wedding and needs to wait for her at the altar. The first time he gets to see her is when she is being walked down the aisle by her father. Yet there are also other customs where both the bride and ...
Her response was very simple. “Well, Moses married an Ethiopian.” Now, I didn’t know much about Moses or Ethiopians, but I knew by the way she answered that she was saying God was OK with it. From that time on and to this day, I have viewed people….”yellow, black, and whit...