Some years ago, when I was in college, I wanted to have some direction in my life, to understand what God was telling me to do. I didn’t have a clue so I got involved in a Christian student organization. They offered several opportunities for short-term mission activity, lasting usually a week or two, and …
Luke 7:11-17 Now it happened, the day after, that He went into a city called Nain; and many of His disciples went with Him, and a large crowd. 12 And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she …
I've always been a romantic. One of my earliest memories is of sitting atop a small hill in our backyard on my mighty three-wheeled steed (my tricycle) and feeling the wind in my face. At my core, I wanted to be a knight in shining armor. A bold, daring adventurer who stood for what was …
"Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, …
Election was yesterday. Barack Obama was re-elected. God have mercy on us. Perhaps that is the point; we've put our faith in man and not in Him. We may indeed have passed beyond the point of avoiding judgement. As a nation, we've thumbed our noses at God and refused to repent. As His people, we've …
Jeremiah 2:9-13 Do you believe in God? Whom do you consider as God? Is He an actual person or just some great powerful being somewhere out there? The people of Jeremiah’s day had a problem deciding who God really was and what priority He should have in their lives. Are we like them? Many people …
By now most folks have heard of the judgement day predictions by Family Radio Network owner Harold Camping. Mr. Camping believes, and has spent much of his personal fortune proclaiming that belief, that Jesus will return and the world will end May 21, 2011. He isn't the first man to make such a prediction, and I …
Black & White with Shades of Gray 