This is the first post in a series over the next four weeks leading up to Christmas entitled: “Lessons from the Holy Family.” The holy family I’m talking about is none other than the holy family of old: the Virgin named Mary, Joseph her husband and the Christ child. And the first lesson from the […]
To Trick or Treat or Not to Trick or Treat?
October 24, 2007 by
“Everything is permissible”–but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible”–but not everything is constructive. Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others. Eat anything that is sold in the meat market, without asking questions for conscience’ sake. For the earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains. (1 Corinthians 10:23-26; NIV) It’s […]
All You Need is Love – Part 2
October 7, 2007 by
In Part 1 of this blog post series I spoke of the Beatles’ song: “All You Need is Love,” and how many couples believe that’s what it takes to stay together: l-o-v-e, love. Yet I suggested that the kind of l-o-v-e, love, that it takes to stay together is different than what many people understand. […]
All You Need is Love – Part 1
September 30, 2007 by
“All You Need is Love.” It’s the Beatle’s song long ago in the 60s. Wasn’t it? – those of you who are getting old like me? (Yes, I was around in the 60s!) It’s the Beatle’s song: “All You Need is Love.” And it’s true in marriage. All you need is love. And men and […]
How Men Would Have Chosen Jesus’s Followers
July 31, 2007 by
(Excerpt from the message entitled: The Chosen Ones.) Then he chose twelve of them to be his apostles…. Simon was one of the twelve, and Jesus named him Peter. There were also James and John, the two sons of Zebedee. Jesus called them Boanerges, which means “Thunderbolts.” Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of […]
Talking Politics and Religion – Part 2
June 9, 2007 by
I know that “Politics and religion don’t mix” (as they say), but I’m talking about it again anyway. The question I want to consider is: Was Jesus a liberal or a conservative? What do you think? In my first post in this series (Talking Politics and Religion – Part 1) I said that, “Of course, […]
Talking Politics and Religion – Part 1
June 1, 2007 by
It’s said, “Politics and religion don’t mix,” but I’m talking about it anyway. The question I want to consider is: Was Jesus a liberal or a conservative? What do you think? Before you answer too quickly I’d like to point out our Lord’s tendency towards conservatism. It includes the following: He wasn’t tolerant of the […]
If Only Adam Wasn’t So Cheap
May 19, 2007 by
I came across the following funny on the web. Just think how well off we’d be, men, if only Adam wasn’t so cheap! From the lost chapter of Genesis: Adam was walking around the garden of Eden feeling very lonely, so God asked him, “What is wrong with you?” Adam said he didn’t have anyone […]
The Coming Rise in Temperature on Earth
May 13, 2007 by
Yes. Pastor Mike believes in climate change. He really does. But it’s not necessarily the kind that everybody’s talking about. See what he has to say regarding the subject of global warming in the following PowerPoint teaching also available on YouTube:
Can You Take The Heat?
March 25, 2007 by
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat. And the earth and the works in it will be burned up” (MKJV). Do you see that there? ******* And then there’s […]
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