The 40 days of preparation for Easter, which Christians call the season of Lent, are designed to purify our hearts. It is a profound time of conversion: a work of the grace of God who makes our hearts return to him. What a challenging and uplifting time it is! Marked with ashes to show our willingness to change, we begin […]
Matters of Faith
A glimpse of God’s miraculous gift
Have you ever asked yourself why bad things happen to good people? From God’s perspective what we view as bad things quite often are glimpses of His miraculous ways. My wife Gina and her friend Debbie have been best friends for over 40 years. Debbie’s mom Freda treated my wife as one of her own. Freda was an amazing woman […]
Pray without ceasing
FREEOne of the reasons I enjoy the study of the Bible is that it is about real places and real people; places that can be located on maps and people documented in human history outside of biblical references. For example: Thessalonica lies in 40 degrees 40 minutes North latitude, and 22 degrees 50 minutes East longitude, or less specifically, modern […]
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A movie inspired by events in the life of John Forbes Nash Jr. hit theaters in 2001. It was about John’s powerful mind and his journey from the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity. A man who was a genius in mathematics, making an astonishing discovery early in his career, standing on the brink of international acclaim, only to […]
‘You gotta have heart’ in life and chiefly following Jesus
FREEThis starts out as a sports story, but eventually I will get back to the heart of the matter. A short 40 years ago, the Utah Jazz played their first playoff series against Denver. In a best-of-five series Utah lost two of the first three games and were facing elimination. Denver Post columnist Woody Paige told his readers to “stick […]
To prepare or not to prepare
FREEPreparedness is a big topic these days. Obviously there are different levels of preparedness. Most people have a spare tire “in the event they need it.” Many people carry some money, in the event there is a problem with their credit card. Most people have medical insurance just in case there is a major medical problem, and if you are […]
Christ can restore your innocence when betrayed by immorality
FREE“Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways” Psalm 119:37. It was a pretty typical family get-together. We had dinner, and now all the adults were talking about things that didn’t make sense and were boring. Why did they like talking so much? Didn’t they know there was a whole world out there […]
Let faith guide the way through life’s struggles
FREEAre you struggling with life right now? Do you know someone who is struggling? It’s that time of year when post-holiday stresses are wreaking havoc for many. Waves of bitter cold and a non-stop series of snowstorms are just the tip of the iceberg! Combine tough weather with January’s bills, depression from Winter’s darkness, family disputes, loneliness after all the […]
The Tale of Two Suits
FREESince accepting Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior I thought I had been doing my best to seek God. On January 1, 2024, God revealed to me this was not the case. I was dressing for church when God revealed three areas where I was spiritually lacking; 1. trusting God, 2. overcoming worldly cares, 3. seeking God’s kingdom and […]
It’s not yours
FREEThe year is becoming a little less new every day; that is not meant to be negative, just a reminder of a pesky reality. Our world is spinning much the same in twenty-four as it did in twenty-three. I have little doubt many of those well intentioned resolutions have already been abandoned. The “I am going to do more (fill […]