This month we celebrate with fireworks, parades, and barbeques the 2nd Continental Congress’s ratification of the Declaration of Independence that would lead to the formation of the United States of America, arguably still the best country on Earth. While evidence supporting that position is admittedly waning, it does not change one fact: we are dual […]
The month of May is a time of new beginnings. The weather is getting warmer, the flowers are blooming, and the days are getting longer. It’s a time to start fresh and make new goals.In the Bible, the month of May is associated with starting again. In the book of Genesis, God created the world
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The weather has been a topic lately. Record snowpack and rainfall replaced drought, overflowing riverbanks, replenishing a forgotten lake, and turning farmland into swamps. Tornados continue to ravish parts of our country. La Niña will likely become El Niño. While there is devastation, I also see beautifully lush green hills decorated with purple and yellow
The world grows darker as the day of the Lord approaches. Satan will snare as many as possible in his goal to steal, kill, and destroy before the fullness of time is complete. Isaiah 8:22 informs us the devil’s wicked followers will look to the earth, and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they
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It seems appropriate since we are in the month of worldly love we turn attention to the perfect love of God. The Song of Solomon, that Song of Songs, depicts the relationship between a groom and his beloved bride, a shadow of the relationship Jesus has with His church and every individual within. While we
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The world has a saying, “It’s always darkest before dawn.” I remember many occasions waking alone in the mountains well before sunrise, far from any other human, the sky filled with darkness yet aglitter with twinkling lights of promise decorating the enormous black sky. Soon black illumined to gray, then purple, red, and orange. Finally,
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When I look at Augustine’s words—that Christ was born of a woman He Himself created, carried by hands He Himself formed, the Logos Word of God crying wordlessly in a lowly manger—I am struck by the magnificence of our savior’s sacrifice. It didn’t happen only at the cross. It began when He stepped down from
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November is the month of Thanksgiving, but every day should be filled with gratitude for the blessings and salvation of our Lord. While it’s easy to find things to complain about, there is much more to celebrate if we gaze with open eyes. I think of Evangelists Nick Vujicic (born without arms or legs) and
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It seems sometimes my mind has a mind of its own. I try to pray, mind will stray. Try to study, brain goes muddy. Start to ponder, mind will wander. Begin to think, thoughts really stink. Sound familiar? But it doesn’t have to be like that, and we cannot allow it. Thoughts shape our life
Whenever I preach, I’m always preaching to myself. Those three fingers pointing back are incessantly apparent as I invite the Holy Spirit to examine my life. My loving hope is what I go through is common enough that others may benefit as well from my professions of scripture. Honesty and transparency are good, allowing us
