(Recommended Reading:  Exodus 32 thru 36:7) To set the stage - Moses was on Mt. Sinai meeting with God and receiving the Ten Commandments, which God wrote with His own finger onto two tablets.  The Israelites, growing impatient for Moses’ return, petitioned Aaron to build them a golden calf to worship - and surprisingly, he … Continue reading Are YOU Willing? →

The definition of Mercy is: compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one’s power to punish or harm.  (In other words, not receiving deserved punishment for wrongs done.) The definition of Grace is: the free and unmerited favor of God as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowing of blessings.  … Continue reading A Dangerous Game →

(All scripture references are from the NIV) (This is a "reprint" of this article that I first published on January 20, 2019. The only thing I changed is the first 2 sentences to update that information.) Today would be my Dad’s birthday.  If still with us he would be turning 97.  But having left this … Continue reading Growing Up With Dad (Happy Birthday Daddy!) →

If you live in the United States of America, you live in the greatest nation on earth.  One of the primary reasons immigrants left Europe and traveled to America was for freedom from religious persecution; and, our very wise founding fathers developed a rule of law for our country based on biblical foundations. I have … Continue reading Stand In The Gap →

(Recommended reading:  Genesis 1; Numbers 13 & 14) Last week I talked about one way that I believe we can help to change feelings of hopelessness to hopeful; and, that was by learning to control our tongue - our words.  It primarily dealt with how our words can affect others around us, how we can … Continue reading Count The Cost →

Last week I wrote about HOPE and offered suggestions of things you can do to help bring more hope to your life.  But what about those times that we just cannot seem to muster up that hope?  When we feel much more hopeless rather than hopeful? Just because we are Christians that pray, spend time … Continue reading Hopeless to Hopeful →

(Recommended Reading:  Ephesians 1:16-2:17) There is no denying the fact that the past 2+ years have been so very difficult in so many different ways.  It seems that the world as we have known it for so long has morphed into something that we can barely recognize.  Sickness, death, loss of freedoms that we have … Continue reading HOPE →

The past two weeks I have talked about the first two words I recently got when thinking and praying about how to wrap up the year - I wrote about Peace, then about Joy.  As you can see by the title, this week is about Love.  Last weekend when I went to my church’s candlelight … Continue reading LOVE →

This is a "reprint" of my 2018 article about Christmas. I hope you will enjoy it: THE CHRISTMAS STORY REVISITED All scripture references NIV Based on my research, Mary was a very young lady, anywhere from 12 to 20 years of age.  I realize that’s a pretty wide range, but because of the customs of … Continue reading Special Edition →

Last week I mentioned that I had been thinking about topics to finish out this year and three words had come to my mind.  The first word that came to me was Peace, and that is what I wrote about last week.  The second word was Joy and that is what I will be discussing … Continue reading Joy →