Month: April 2011

“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” Matthew 5:6 Have you ever said, regarding your children, grands and great grands, I just want them to be happy? I have. But when I think about it I really […]

“Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall He not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?” Matthew 6:30 As Christians, we should never be stressed. But we are. Consider […]

I write this as the finals of the NCAA Basketball tournament is on television. The tournament has become so popular we now know it as “March Madness.” Did you know that basketball began as a Christian outreach?  The inventor of basketball,  James Naismith wanted a more effective […]

Titus 2:11-14 (New King James Version)11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great […]

There is a tendency to confuse God and the church. For the non-believer, this provides an opportunity to reject God based on the imperfections in His church.  A believer may turn away from God having been hurt by His human church.  God is good. All […]

Acts 10:43—”Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins.” Forgiveness, we all need to receive it and to extend it. Guilt is the cause of sleepless nights and filled psycho wards. Our recent […]

Today is April Fool’s Day. It is said this day dates back to 1392 in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.  There is a web site which lists the top 100 April Fool’s Day hoaxes.  The photo comes from the number 1 hoax: 1957: The respected BBC news show Panorama announced that […]