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2018 Bulletin Articles (Page 11)

In Case of Failure

This week marks another anniversary of Operation Overlord or D-Day. A combination of American and Allied forces landed 156,000 men on the beaches of Normandy and surrounding areas. Ten thousand men lost their lives taking the beaches in the largest seaborne invasion in history. This would mark the beginning of the end of WWII. D-Day, with all of its details and odds…

Asleep in Gethsemane

“And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives” (Matt. 26:30). It is impossible to precisely know what was in the hearts of those apostles as they followed Him. After He had washed their feet in the upper room, He was troubled in spirit when He said, “One of you will betray Me” (John 13:21). Their…

Fake News

We live in a time where access to information is unfettered. A bottomless pit of info is available at your fingertips. The issue is not getting information. The issue is sorting through the vast sea of information to determine what is right and what is wrong. It is a dangerous thing to have access to data without the ability to determine what…

Can You Taste It?

What is your favorite, favorite thing to eat?  What food or snack or candy is there that you absolutely cannot resist?  What is the one thing that, if someone placed it near you, would immediately grab your attention, lead you to start taking bites, and not stop until it was gone?  C’mon!  What is it? Does that have any spiritual application?  Think…

Lessons From a Lament

There are many that felt that they were in a hopeless place in their lives. When our physical bodies and other things that we have placed our trust in begin to fail us, it is easy to get discouraged.  Jeremiah, a prophet of God, wrote these words as he witnessed the destruction of Jerusalem at the hand of King Nebuchadnezzar. “My soul…