In my lifetime, I can think of no other Evangelist that preached the good news of Jesus Christ with such simplicity and power - then that of Billy Graham.   And now, by the grace and mercy of God, he is reaping his reward.  Jesus Himself spoke of the simplicity of salvation when He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you...

The bible reminds us, “if in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.” (1 Cor. 15:19) Jesus came to bring life, abundant life - eternal life. The devil seeks to “steal, and to kill, and to destroy.” (cf. John 10:10) The bible says, “God did not appoint us to...

“What the world needs now is love, sweet love

It's the only thing that there's just too little of

What the world needs now is love, sweet love,

No not just for some but for everyone.” 

 The word “love” appears anywhere from 310 times to 551 times in the bible, depending on what translation you use.  Although the word “love” is not penned in every book of the bible,...

It has been said that, “If it wasn’t for people and things, life would be easy.”   Well, no doubt people (including myself) can be challenging sometimes, and things can get in the way.   But life is really all about people and relationships.  “God intended for us to love people and use things, not love things and use people.”   People are eternal, not things.   People were always the focus and the passion of Christ.  Jesus loved people unconditionally.   His greatest desire is...

I don’t care who you are, you either do, or will have obstacles or situations in your life that seem to keep you from going forward.   Situations where there seemingly is absolutely no way through or around.  The  difference in  being victorious in those situations is in your attitude - and I’m not speaking of PMA (positive mental attitude).  I’m speaking of an attitude that has an...

Jesus said that “He (God the Father) makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” (cf. Matthew 5:45)

Herein lies the Sovereignty of God!  God is all-knowing, all-powerful and ever-present!  The bible says “while the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease.” (cf. Genesis 8: 22)  A Sovereign God not only sends the rain, but He allows “that thorn” in our lives.  Who doesn’t like roses?!  They are one of God’s beautiful creations - and they smell good too!   But on the stems of those roses are thorns.  Why are the thorns there? - ....

Happy New Year!  Hard to believe its 2018!  I can remember like it was yesterday the big Y2K scare in 1999 as we were approaching the year 2000.   All the computers were going to have a melt down - well it didn’t happen, but still 2000 was uncharted territory!   Just the thought of turning my calendar to the year 2000 seemed strange and science fiction!  And now here we are, 18 years latter!  We do need to be knowledgable and act wisely based upon the...

At the time of this writing there is only two more days until Christmas!  There has been much planning, shopping, decorating, card giving and much more going on up to this point.  When “all the dust” has settled preparing for Christmas, you realize that what is important is people!   All the other “stuff” that goes along with our preparation and celebration is okay, but Christmas is....

Encouragement - “the action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope.”   We all need encouragement from time to time.   Encouragement that “it is going to be ok.”  Encouragement that says,”you are not alone, we are in this together.”   Encouragement that helps you...