Good Morning Friends,  The last couple of weeks we have been exploring how Jesus faced the challenges of the political and religious leaders who tried to trip him up by asking challenging questions related to his behavior and what they thought to be of importance, namely their continued status in positions of power. What they … Continue reading How Has the Way You Live Your Sabbaths and Sundays Changed During The Pandemic? →

Good Morning Friends,    If you were to count, you would find hundreds of passages in the Bible which mention the foreigner, the stranger, the alien, and those wandering about in exile. And you would find more than a few on plagues and illness that we sometimes associated with the judgement of God. Our scriptures … Continue reading How Welcoming Are You To Others During The Pandemic? →

 Good Morning Friends,    We live in a world of hills and valleys in reality and metaphorically speaking as well. We have problems that are referred to as valleys and frankly they are often inevitable and impartial and sometimes unpredictable because we are human and that is just the way life is. That is life … Continue reading Are We Being Forged In Unity With Christ Though The Hardships Of Life’s Valleys? →

Good Morning Friends,    For many of us these days, in the season of elections, it feels as if the United States has never been less united. The thing is that issues-oriented conflict in an ever more diverse population is not only inevitable but even desirable. But there is something more at play here that … Continue reading When We Are So Divided Is There A Door Numbered Three? →

Good Morning Friends,    The great commission and the great blessing are intertwined in the mystery of it all. It is not a riddle to be solved but a declaration of something that was hidden, and which now is to be made known to all people. Thankfully we have been set free to be slaves … Continue reading Who Is Directing Your Life? →

   Good Morning Friends,  I was listening to Here and Now on the radio and the commentator seemed to be blaming the Bible for the problems of a merit system in the United States. But she must have been illiterate of the Bible or only parsing segments of it or most likely just raised by … Continue reading What Is Wrong With The World When Hard Work Does Not Pay Off? →

 Good Morning Friends,    At some point we figure out that events are not as random as we might believe. It is then, only as the events in our lives connect, do we discover the real pattern, the real purpose. Hopefully the light comes on so our time here for glorifying God is not wasted. … Continue reading How Do You Measure Your Wealth? →

Good Morning Friends,    President Harry Truman had a plaque on his desk to remind Monday morning quarterbacks of the reality of the power of the commander in chief. The plaque read; "The Buck Stops Here." Well, God declares the same thing in Isaiah 45:7. What God is saying is that God made it all… the … Continue reading Why Is There Evil? →

 Good Morning Friends,  God knows…God knows… and you are still loved. Today's Bible passages give us, in Paul's letter to the Ephesians, what is essentially one a long sentence with praise to God for all our blessings in Christ. It places the source of our salvation, even of our faith, in God. It proclaims the … Continue reading Do You Value Celebrating God’s Plan Even Though You Are Not in Charge? →

 Good Morning Friends,    Entering a debate on the revolution or reformation issue and comparing Jesus and Martin Luther will probably get me in to trouble, but the gist of what I want you to think about in this regard is how best we can love God and love others as ourselves when the deviations … Continue reading Can We Glorify God Without Being Changed and Justified? →