“Remember to keep the Sabbath day holy.” (Exodus 20:8) My wife was ill this past Sunday and I decided to stick around the house in case she needed me. When I became stir crazy, I decided to run a few errands before lunch. When entering Lowe’s Home Improvement, I was surprised by the number of people shopping. As strange as it may seem, except for vacations, I had rarely missed going to church on Sunday morning. But, there I stood in Lowe’s with the rest of the unchurched, […]

“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 […]

“He is the Head of the body made up of his people – that is, his Church – which he began.” (Colossians 1:18) Several years ago, a group of pastors where I lived began having two community-wide prayer services each year. Interestingly, they didn’t all come from any one denomination. From those prayer services, we realized that denominations don’t seem to separate us as much as they seem to distance their members from other denominations. These were truly men of God – Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Pentecostals. They […]

“For this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found. (Luke 15:24) Since I seem to be in constant need of directions driving to meetings, I rely on an application on my cell phone that gives you audio and visual directions. This device is just what the doctor ordered. You open the program and within a few seconds, satellites pick you up and show your exact location on your phone screen. All you have to do is type in the address for […]