“For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26) No one was more prepared to speak on the subject of vanity than Solomon. He lived a life chasing all the traps that his money could set for him. After he finally learned that it would get him nowhere, he wrote a book about it and called it Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes means preacher and boy did Solomon […]

“Many sorrows shall be to the wicked. But he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.” (Psalm 32:10) We’ve all heard it when we have one of those insurmountable needs that life brings our way. Our Christian brothers and sisters will tell us to turn it over to the Lord. “Put it in His hands,” they will often say. That’s great advice and I certainly don’t disagree with it. But the spiritual question is how? Turning a problem over to the Lord is an easy thing […]

“Honor your father and your mother.” (Exodus 20:12) Sunday is a big day in the life of mothers. In fact, our country has celebrated Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in May ever since President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed it as a national holiday in 1914. But that’s just part of the story about how one of our nation’s most coveted days began. Strangely, the rest of the story has been forgotten, given way I guess to all the commercialism that Mother’s Day now carries with it. Its founder […]

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Make straight the way of the Lord’.” (John 1:23) “Cinco de Mayo” in Spanish means May 5th. It’s becoming a major holiday in our country due to a growing Mexican-American population. For them, it’s a celebration of their culture, but a lot of Americans have also embraced the holiday -mostly it gives them another day in the year to celebrate. After all, our calendar is filling up with reasons to have a party. Cinco de Mayo is an important day […]