Have you made a profession of faith?  That is, have you received Jesus Christ as your Savior and repented of your sins?  Are you now following Him as Lord?   The two go hand-in-hand.  If Jesus is your Savior, then you follow Him as Lord out of gratitude.  This gratitude is expressed in...

“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with a voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God.  And the dead in Christ will rise first.  Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.  And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.” - 1 Thessalonians 4: 16-18

Our Savior and Lord is coming again - a second and final time.  This should be encouraging to the church - an event that we should be looking forward to with great expectation!  What a great homecoming that day will be, to be...

Our world is ever-changing, not just in a global sense, but in a personal sense - our lives are full of uncertainties.  I used to think that as I got older life would smooth out, things would get easier and I would have more time, but,… the opposite is true.   Time is like gravity, it can work for you or against you.  When I look in the mirror, I realize time is against me!   And it feels like I'm running out of time for the things I would really like to do…things in my bucket list, like...

Happy Independence Day America!    241 years ago, on July 4th, 1776  America declared herself as a new nation, “one Nation under God” - recognizing her dependence upon the God of the bible, not independent from!

There has been much change since then.   Technology has increased, such as prophesied in...

God doesn’t want us to live in the past, but the present.  Yes, it is good and biblical to remember the past, as long as we don’t live there.  The past should help us to move forward.  God intends for His people, to be a people always looking and moving forward.  I love watching my three grandchildren, for many reasons, but I love witnessing how they...

Happy Father’s Day!

The beloved, in the song of solomon says, “Behold, you are fair, my love! Behold, you are fair!”  and the Shulamite responds, “My beloved is mine, and I am His.”   Although men and women express their love differently, their love, and the expression of it, is of no less importance to the family structure and to the health of our culture.  And although the previous scripture verse is an allegory...

Have you ever wondered why in the beginning God said, “It is not good that man should be alone” (cf. Genesis 2: 18)?   Since in the beginning, man had God, why would he need anything, or anyone else?    And, if, we have Christ - why do we need anyone else?  Because that is the way God made us.  He made us to be relational, not only with Him, but with others.  And not just in the context of husband and wife, but others.  Our creator has wired us to...

Congratulations to the 2017 graduating class!  How exciting!  A brand new chapter in life lies ahead - yet to be written on!   The lyrics to a favorite  children’s song ‘I am a promise’ come to mind - “I am a promise, I am a possibility.  I am a promise with a capital “P”  I am a...

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, originated in remembrance of those men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country - their life.  They are honored and remembered partly via decorating their graves.  In our day this tradition has extended to all those who have died.   Each year, this day is set aside not only to remember and honor those who have died, but also to remember that our freedom has come with a great price.  These men and women exhibited not only honor for their country, but also duty.  I believe honor and duty go together.   Can we truly show honor without...

Are you quick to criticize and judge others?  Do you tend to make quick judgments on people based upon what you see, or think you see, or know of individuals?  You have heard the saying, “you can’t judge a book by its over.”   The truth is, we are known by the fruit we bear in our lives, but at the same time we are not to judge.  Jesus instead would have us to see others thru the lens of God’s “Grace!”   In the sermon on the mount, Jesus said,...