It Was a Dark and Stormy Night 

Heaven and hell are controversial topics that most avoid talking about in polite company. We’re all a bit like Snoopy, my favorite cartoon character, who fancies himself a writer but is never able to get past the “stormy night” opening to the great novel he plans to...

How Can I Help?

Galatians 6:2 says “Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” Over the past 6 months, our family has been blessed by a church full of burden bearers! And, they’re not just “ordinary burden bearers”, they’ve been “creative burden bearers”, often...

WHY WE WORK

Work, as you know, is the thing we do to make ends meet. There’s an old Beatles song (most of us my age know who I’m talking about), that says “It’s been a hard day’s night, and I’ve been working like a dog”. I’m sure many of you feel the same way...

SHARE YOUR JOY! 

Some wise person has observed that shared joy is double joy, but shared sorrow is half the sorrow!  When Jesus taught His disciples to abide in Him, and abide in His word, He said they would abide in His love, and their joy would be full, if they kept His...

Unbelief Is Not a Winning Strategy 

Of all the foolish things Christians do as they make their pilgrim journey through this life, doubting God is the greatest folly.  Scripture provides a great illustration in the story of the Israelites approaching their promised land. God had miraculously freed...

The End of the Road  

To say that someone has reached “the end of the road” generally means they can no longer continue. There’s a sense of finality about it.   The Apostle Paul often faced “end of the road” predicaments.  While planning a second missionary journey, he and Barnabas...