“Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them. And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword.” (Acts 12:1-2) I’m answering the question: “Why does God allow His servants to be killed?” And I’m doing it this […]
20 Things God the Father Knows
December 8, 2015 by
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On Vacations and How “Rest” is Hard Work
July 30, 2015 by
(The following is a reprint from a Pastor’s Note to my congregation.) “Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. And by the seventh day God completed His work which He had done; and He rested.” (Genesis 2:1-2a) Well, my vacation starts in just about an hour and a half this […]
Weeping Over the Horrors of Hell
July 21, 2015 by
“‘And in hell [the rich man] lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am […]
What Might Your Pastor Say If Jesus Asked About You?
July 12, 2015 by
MEMORY HONORED To honor the memory of a member of our church long ago I shared an excerpt of my words from her funeral… It hasn’t been an easy week for any of us who’ve come to know and love June. But I’ve got good news in the midst of our sadness and heavy hearts. […]
When As Good As Nothing is Everything
June 17, 2015 by
“So Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they did not please him. He said, ‘What are these cities which you have given me, my brother?’ So they were called the land of Cabul (as good as nothing) to this day.’” (1 Kings 9:12-13) A HOUSE FOR […]
Identities in the Afterlife: Will We Recognize Each Other?
June 12, 2015 by
“Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we shall be.” (1 John 3:2a) IS IT REALLY YOU? “Is that you?” “Is it really you?” Have you ever said that to somebody you hadn’t seen in a long time? Maybe it was a friend from school that you […]
Another Way to Heaven Other Than Jesus Christ?
June 2, 2015 by
“For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9) EARNING ONE’S PLACE IN HEAVEN I was watching the well-known preacher, Charles Stanley, on TV. And he made such a good point […]
Thinking Back to All Those Sermons
May 28, 2015 by
(You need to pretend you are in church for this one. Okay?) A QUESTION ABOUT ALL THOSE SERMONS Welcome to church this morning, my friends. I’ve got a question to ask you. I need to set it up, first. Here goes. Those of you who have been Christians for a while, I want you to […]
Always and Forever Faithful
May 23, 2015 by
Pastor Mike here. In the 1980s a terrorist blew up the Marine barracks in Beirut killing hundreds of Americans. Days after the bombing a severely wounded, corporal Jeffrey Lee Nashton, with so many tubes running in and out of his body making him look more like a machine than a man a witness described, motioned […]
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