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February 25, 2014

I Am Not Skilled to Understand

Here is a great hymn text to consider. It was written by Dorthy Greenwell in 1873.   I am not skilled to understand What God hath willed, what God hath...
February 21, 2014

Philosophy and Science

“Philosophy and science have not always been friendly toward the idea of God, the reason being that they are dedicated to the task of accounting for things and are impatient...
February 9, 2014

God’s Self-Revelation

The heavens declare Thy glory, Lord, In every star Thy wisdom shines, But when our eyes behold Thy Word, We read Thy name in fairer lines.” – Isaac Watts...
December 5, 2013

Church Members Showing Family Love for Other Members

Over the next couple of weeks I am going to post 100 ways in which church members can show family love for one another as a followup to last Sunday’s...
May 27, 2013

Think on These Things

When Paul writes Philippians 4:8, he teaches the Philippians to dwell on things that are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, and of good report. The “things” that Paul has in...
October 11, 2012

My Eternal King

Recently I had the privilege of singing with my old college choir while visiting my Alma Mater. One of the songs we sang was an arrangement that I had sung...
May 9, 2012

Creation: Sunday Morning Followup

A number of people in our church on Sunday made comments about the sermon regarding God’s creation of the world. Some were supportive and some where shocked that there was...
May 4, 2012

A Letter to the Editor

This week the North Branch Post Review posted a brief letter I wrote. Here is a link to it. May God use it for His glory....
February 10, 2012

Hearing the Word!

Sunday we talked about taking time to listen to good preaching as a way to become Word-filled people. Here are a few preachers that I like to listen to when...
January 19, 2012

My South African Brother

I only have seen him five days of my life: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. We sat next to each other for five and half hours each of those...
May 26, 2011

Love for the Church

I love the church. By this I do not mean that I love the whole church of God which is made up of all believers everywhere though I certainly do...
May 4, 2011

Time to Celebrate???

Should Christians Celebrate the Death of Osama bin Laden? I watched President Obama’s brief speech on Sunday night with eager interest as he delivered the news that United States forces...