Here we go…. We have now “officially” entered “the holiday season.” Thanksgiving is past, Black Friday has come and gone, cyber-Monday is also over and we are moving full-steam ahead into Christmas and the New Year. I cannot believe it’s that time of the year already. My how time flies the older we get. So…as [...]
Sunday morning, Nov. 18, I preached a message entitled, “Stick With the Plan” based on the book of Esther. One of the points I made was that God has you where you are to fulfill His will in your life, to bless others and to bring honor and glory to Him. Esther was at the [...]
In 1979, Pat Benatar sang a song entitled, “Hit Me With Your Best Shot!” Many times we realize that life isn’t easy, some days it’s just a battle to survive and in the best of circumstances life can be very difficult. You can be cooling your heels in the blue waters of the Caribbean and [...]
From the day that Jesus was born, He lived “in the shadow of the cross.” The cross was never absent from His mind, it was never far from His soul, it was never out of His heart. Jesus came into this world to die on the cross to pay our sin debt. In doctrinal terms, [...]
Have you ever visited a church and been overlooked? It’s an incredibly awkward and uncomfortable feeling. What’s odd is the churches that appear to be unfriendly to outsiders can be full of the friendliest people in the world…if you are an “insider.” The church needs to remember that Jesus came for the “outsiders” — the [...]
There is a word that should never, ever, ever be uttered in any marriage. It has caused more hurt in the last 2000 years that any other word. It has torn families apart and pitted husbands against wives, children against parents. You have probably guessed the word by now… divorce. Divorce is no respecter of [...]
There is an old saying you may have heard, “It was a marriage made in Heaven.” Now, marriages might be made in Heaven, but so is thunder and lightning. As great as a marriage can be, there are going to be times where two people don’t agree and conflict will be inevitable. When God ordained [...]
Who reads the fine print? How many of us have been “burned” because we didn’t read the “fine print?” I guess I have, and more than once. Maybe you have too. If you are married, did you read “the fine print” about whose role is whose? I mean…when we were first married, Beth decided she [...]
