Children are told many ridiculous things. One of the most ridiculous of all is, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me.” What utter foolishness!...
Read More Imagine finding the remains of a 1925 Model T Ford pickup and deciding to completely restore it, i.e. to return it to its original condition. You would have to know...
Read More Anger can be a righteous blessing. Mark 3:1-5; Psalm 119:53. Anger can be righteous indignation in the face of that which is wrong, a quality without which no good character...
Read More Let’s be honest. "It seems that we live in a crazy world, that we are surrounded by things that make no apparent sense. Murders, rapes, child abuse, disease, war, famine,...
Read More The path of true security lies between two falsehoods–one is the lie of false hopefulness that says we are secure when we are not secure, and the other is the...
Read More Since moving here I have had a couple of people inquire about what they should do to place membership with this congregation. In my inquiries about the matter I learned...
Read More Something is missing. "We Americans have more to make life easy than any people who have ever lived. We live in the finest houses, wear the nicest clothes, and eat...
Read More Memories can be such precious blessings. Figuratively speaking, they can indeed be unseen angels that comfort us when we mourn, inspire us when we are discouraged, and teach us when...
Read More “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but...
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