Archive for May 2022

That scripture (above) provides a place to stand in troubled times. When life around us is mud and mire, Jesus becomes our Rock*. A PATH INTO THE SWAMPInfanticide, including the “passing through the fire” of Israel’s neighbors, was forbidden to them**. Some of the methods used in America in our nearly 1-million abortions per year,…

Well, from the response on Facebook I suspect I hit a raw nerve with my post yesterday. That image of babies being sacrificed to Baal was just too much. After all, we Americans would never do anything so cruel, and if “they” did, we Christians would be one voice and one powerful force against it.…

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. niv Please please PLEASE read this and listen to the online message it links to. I don’t know how you’re thinking about world events, but I highly suspect that you…

Folks are asking how Elaine is doing. Thank you for caring! People comment on how good she looks. She has good color and a cheerful countenance, but is extremely weak. It is even hard for her to write. If she felt as good as she looks she’d be doing well! She had been slowly regaining…

As is said, all that is needed for tyranny to succeed is for good men to remain silent. The failure of the Christian church to pursue holiness, influence society and win the lost will continue as long as those who know there is something better, remain glued to their pews by the pressures of conforming…

Decades ago I saw that a sure way for one to get wheels under their feet and a push toward the exit, is to repeat Jesus’ serious call to follow Him. Presenting a belief system and church rules is one thing, but proclaiming Jesus as Lord and Master, and the way of the cross as…

Part 4 of 4, in Chap. 6 of FOR HIS GLORY CLICK HERE for a printable pdf, with links, for the entire Chapter 6 A Key Word“Repentance” means to change ones’ mind, resulting in decisively turning from one direction or course of action to another. It speaks of the decision to confess our sins and…

Part 3 of 4, Chap. 6 in FOR HIS GLORY To Obey or Not to Obey?As we saw in Chapter 1, the source we draw from to satisfy our soul-hunger reveals our choice of a god. That shapes our moment-by-moment decisions, which determine the degree of the richness of God’s Kingdom we experience and how…

Part 2 of 4, Chap. 6 in FOR HIS GLORY Enough for Everyone But – –We quote John three sixteen but forget that those who do not believe in Him will perish; that if they had not heard the Gospel, they had no choice;* and that we are commanded to tell them.** God provided the…