When you make the decision to be a Christian you are deciding to be Christ-like. None of us does this perfectly, but it is our goal and the ideal to which we aspire. Nothing about Jesus was about him. If…
When you make the decision to be a Christian you are deciding to be Christ-like. None of us does this perfectly, but it is our goal and the ideal to which we aspire. Nothing about Jesus was about him. If…
What’s important? We all think we are prioritizing appropriately, but are we really? There are all kinds of techniques for ordering our tasks, projects, and objectives for each day and most are pretty good as long as we actually follow…
In recent articles, we have read about the Israelites giving so much the leadership had to tell them to stop. We also read about how God’s people tended to their own homes and interests while neglecting the house of the…
For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. Therefore watch, and…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock you know we had a total eclipse of the sun this past Monday. Most of you probably saw it. I did and I could not help but be amazed at the clear, beautiful,…
A young, recently married woman was keeping the two boys of an unwed mother in the 1930’s when the mother did not return for her children. She and her husband elected to raise them as their own. Soon after, her…
We’ve all experienced the excitement and even anxiety of starting something new. Maybe it was the excitement of a new school year, a new job, starting your life together as a new married couple. There is the birth of a…
(Haggai 1:4-11) “Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, and this temple to lie in ruins?” Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways!” (Haggai 1:4, 5 NKJV) In verses 6-11 of…
There isn’t time in this short article to cover all the possible New Year’s resolutions we might make for 2017. Statistically, we humans show a very poor batting average for actually achieving New Year’s resolutions. Studies show that writing down…