What is the Connection Between Food, Faith and Our Memories?  Good Morning Friends,  The world is going to hell in a handbasket. That couldn't be clearer. Violence, crime, disease, poverty, injustice, godlessness and immorality are on the rise. We are descending ever rapidly toward the complete disintegration and destruction of everything our forebears achieved. Gone … Continue reading What is the Connection Between Food, Faith and Our Memories? →

What Revelation Have You Received?  Good Morning Friends,  Consider this morning how God reveals his nature and his will to mankind.  God clearly speaks to us through His creation and through history and in a special way through the spoken and written Word of Christ. And if we are seeking a relationship with Jesus we … Continue reading What Revelation Have You Received? →

Are You Going On A Holy Vacation?  Good Morning Friends,  Well, Vacation Bible School is in going on this week and lots of people are going on family vacations after that. So I began to think about what the Bible actually has to say about vacations and strictly speaking, it's difficult to find examples of … Continue reading Are You Going On A Holy Vacation? →

Are You Passionately Committed?  Good Morning Friends,  Scripture: Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, "Stay here; for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel." But Elisha said, "As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I … Continue reading Are You Passionately Committed? →

How Do You Look When You Hold Yourself Up To The Bible?  Good Morning Friends,  Today before I shaved I opened the local paper and read about an award winning $6 wine, increased gun sales following the mass shooting in Orlando, and the disparity between the incomes of the wealthiest 1% and the rest of … Continue reading How Do You Look When You Hold Yourself Up To The Bible? →

What Is Your Life?    Good Morning Friends,At prayer time yesterday we were contemplating a laughing Jesus and the laughs we have had in life. And though there is nowhere in scripture that specifically says that Jesus laughed there are times when God laughed and so it is not such a difficult extension. The best … Continue reading What Is Your Life? →

"Where are you?"  Good Morning Friends,  The first question in the Bible was a question from the Devil. But today we continue to follow up on the questions that God asks and their motive is entirely different. And the ones we look at today are rhetorical and gracious and about God's provision. The questions are … Continue reading “Where are you?” →

Do You Know Why You Are Here?  Good Morning Friends,  Do you ever get tired and discouraged? We all do. Ever feel like you are not being effective in the way God would have you be effective? I have. Have you ever felt like the church and other institutions are stuck in neutral? Perhaps we … Continue reading Do You Know Why You Are Here? →

What is the Opposite of Fear and Why Does It Matter?  Good Morning Friends,  There are all sorts of reasons to be afraid in this world. But the Bible tells us, Christ commands us, to not be afraid. He tells us this because fear can become perhaps the greatest destructive force on the planet. Fear … Continue reading What is the Opposite of Fear and Why Does It Matter? →

How Can We Learn To Pray?  Good Morning Friends,  There are no magic words for prayers and the words we use do not have to rhyme either. If fact we do not have to use words at all. The message of the passage we call the Lord's Prayer is really a great guideline for us … Continue reading How Can We Learn To Pray? →