Dear Father, who provides us with blessings too numerous to mention. I want to thank You for: Friendship with one another – – such as the love than Jonathan and David had. That never-give-up attitude that you supplied…
Having ended a protracted (some 500 days) and quite rancorous election campaign, our country has chosen our 45th president. Some are happy; others are discontented; many are nervous about the future; and most are just glad it’s finally…
How fitting it is that Hacksaw Ridge is showing at movie cinemas this weekend. This heralded film is based on the true story of Desmond Doss. Doss joined the United States Army on April 1, 1942. Of the…
“Preaching Jesus” is much more than just telling that old, old story of the life, death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is more than biography. It is different from telling the story of other Alexander the…
The prophecy of Isaiah is the fountainhead for any discussion about Jesus as The Lamb Of God. Wedged in the middle of Isaiah 53 is verse 7 – – He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet HE…
In His sermon on the mount Jesus spoke very plainly about the need for forgiving one another. For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do…
In Galatia, the apostle Paul’s authority was being questioned by detractors claiming that he was a sub-standard apostle, not on the same level as Peter, James and John. Paul dismisses their charges as nonsense, closing his epistle to…
We humans tend to be a boastful bunch. It seems to be a part of our humanity, engrained in our very DNA. We like to brag. We enjoy boasting. We get a fix out of being the first…
We remember September the 11th with a smile. In 1992 it brought us our dear niece, Sydney Jeanne Glasgow Wong. In 2013 it brought Mia Jackelyn Wong, Isaiah & Jeannie’s daughter. For our household, September the 11th has…
“The most pressing question facing the churches of Christ today is the question, can we recover the ‘word of the cross’ in its biblical fullness? No other question comes close to this one.” These words are penned by…