I was mystified by the lack of faith I witnessed. I once invited a guest youth pastor to a weekly youth meeting. He was very wise for his age and I was pleased he was because a small street gang came to that meeting. They were a little disruptive but mostly they were just being...
During the month of November, the church traditionally sets aside the month to pray for the dead. You may want to consider honoring your deceased loved ones on their birthday, anniversary or the day of their death every year. This can be done through prayer, and by visiting their place of...
Our pastor spoke of fear a few Sundays ago and it reminded me of the fear we felt before leaving for this year of service and the many conversations Jeff and I had about our return. I am not sure who “pushed us off the diving board” but we did get pushed, and we left, not kno...
The pastor/teacher made a good case for the penalty of sin being eternal death and not some place in the corner of the universe where people are living in sun-hot fire, being blistered by the heat and the skin melting away. To be alive in hell, he reasoned, meant that the great “m...