“We give thanks to you, O God, we give thanks, for your Name is near; men tell of your wonderful deeds.” (Psalms 75:1) I remember when Thanksgiving was a big deal. Today you hardly have time to celebrate it before you have to get out of the way for the Christmas rush. It’s a crying shame, but we’ve allowed Thanksgiving to be swallowed up by the commercialization of Christmas. Well I’ve decided that I’m going to marshal a little assault on a much too early Christmas season and […]

“For surely there is a hereafter, and your hope will not be cut off.” (Proverbs 23:18) I saw that verse played out in the life of a ten-year-old little boy that goes to my church. It was one of the sweetest moments that Jesus has brought my way since I decided to follow Christ. My church has an alternative to Halloween that we offer. Actually, it really has nothing to do with Halloween. It’s a drama called Fate’s Place which points out that the decisions we make every […]

He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.” (Micah 7:19) My home computer has really been acting kind of crazy lately. It would reboot itself when I checked my e-mail and at other times it would just inexplicably crash or shut down. I asked a friend about it and he told me that I had so many corrupt files on my hard drive that the operating system was […]

“So when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said to them, ‘Do you know what I have done to you? You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you’.” (John 13:12-15) The Gospel of John was the last Gospel that […]