“Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with singing” (Psa. 100:1-2). These are strange words when one considers all the trials David faced. They began at the slaying of Goliath, continued for years as a fugitive from the jealous wrath of King Saul and then the rebellion lead by his…

Spinning truth and promoting a false narrative is a concept that has been around a long time. We used to call it deception and lying. “The serpent said to the woman, ‘You surely will not die! For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil’”…

“Nobody’s perfect!”  You’ve heard it.  You’ve thought it.  You’ve probably said it.  Unfortunately, we seem to often find ourselves on the receiving end of the imperfection.  Sometimes the mistakes are not that big of a deal—putting pickles on a plain burger or calling you by the wrong name.  Other times the mistakes are a really big deal—running a red light into oncoming…

For the past year, we have dealt with the onslaught of a powerful sickness which has infected the entire world. Every newscast has given us the number of new infections and the daily total of those who have died. The life of every Christian has been changed because of its presence. However, we may have lost sight of another “disease” which has…

These are the closing verses of the second book bearing Peter’s name. “You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now…

Sometimes when someone is reading through the Bible, they may think that Jesus is “a New Testament character who doesn’t really have a strong presence in or connection to the Old Testament.”  However, after they spend more time in both the Old Testament and the New Testament, hopefully they will begin to see that their initial conclusion was far from reality.  In…

God gave you a brain—use it! Our world has been changed in so many ways simply because we have used the intelligence we have to look around and see things as they are and then to make changes to improve our circumstances. We have the ability to think, to understand, to comprehend and to change. We are far more than animals, and…

On November 18, 1978 in a remote commune in Jonestown, Guyana, a charismatic Jim Jones convinced 909 people to drink cyanide laced Flavor Aid. It is the largest mass murder suicide in history. This event popularized the phrase, “Don’t drink the Kool-Aid.” A warning of unconditional devotion beyond rationality to something potentially dangerous. It seems like there are always people who are…