Our theme for this year is With GOD We Can, and the emphasis for this month is that with Him we can anchor our hope in Christ. Our world is so complex and is so rapidly changing.  Televisions, phones, computers and other electronic devices become outdated so rapidly. We seemingly move from house to house and job to job far more frequently…

There is much discussion about whether it is acceptable (according to Scripture) to have an instrument in the worship of the church.  There is much that has been said on both sides of the issue, but it comes down to one and only one question—What does the Bible say? That’s all that matters! This will surprise some of you initially to read,…

I recently saw a guy driving a Lamborghini Huracan (Italian for hurricane) over the railroad tracks. That is a $240,000 car with a ground clearance of a little over 5 inches (135mm). I was holding my breath. This particular crossing is not smooth and is at an angle. That means those 5 inches of clearance get cut down very quickly. How does…

Near the entrance of Gethsemane, He left eight of the apostles and then took Peter, James and John closer to the place where He was to pray. He left this “inner circle” and “…went a little further, and fell on His face, and prayed” (Matt. 26:39, KJV). He went further than others—He always did—and told us to do the same. In the…

The Lord makes available to Christian an innumerable sum of spiritual blessings—blessings which are beyond our full comprehension, beyond our imagination, beyond anything we can even measure.  And, these blessings (which are of a spiritual nature) are only accessed in one place—in Christ (Eph. 1:3)!  If you were to try to make a list of these blessings in Christ, which ones would…

A list of names and deeds begins in 2 Samuel 23:8 with these words, “These are the names of the mighty men whom David had…” As I read this list and the exploits of these men, I longed to be named among them. The romanticized ideas of a time long gone, when men defended their faith with sword and shield, with spear…

The title of this article, “Thank God, I Have Another Opportunity,” comes from the heart of a new Christian I knew in New Zealand more than fifty years ago. Like almost every new Christian, she could not wait to tell her friends of the great treasure she had found in Christ. Like almost every joyful Christian, she told her friends over and…

There are some seriously tough jobs out there!  (Mike Rowe, who hosted the television show, “Dirty Jobs,” would likely call that an understatement!)  From coal mining to sewer cleaning to prison wardens, there are certain jobs in this world that just take a little more courage, stamina and prayer-power to accomplish. Add to that list (and just go ahead and put it…