Faith

  I don’t remember why Harold, a deacon, was leading music that day many years ago. I suppose he was filling in during the holiday season. It was the Sunday before Thanksgiving. One hymn he selected was “America the Beautiful.” He introduced the hymn and said, “We thank God for our many blessings, including our country.” I’d…

  Jehovah God is willing to forgive and forget our sins when we repent. One of the most difficult things is learning how to forgive others as God forgives us. Sometimes people say things which hurt our feelings or they do something that brings pain into our lives. How do we react? What do we…

  Scripture doesn’t give us all the details we’d like to know about church and state. For example, St. Paul said we must obey civil government since it’s ordained of God, operating as His agent of justice to punish wrong (Romans 13). This is especially problematic since we believe Nero ruled Rome at the time.…

  Just before Jesus came to Gethsemane, He declared an astounding prophecy to His disciples. He simply told them, “But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.” (Matthew 26:32) Delving into those words reveals that Jesus already knew what He would do after He died and rose again victorious over…

Kevin was minister of education in a church I served. He’d often joke when asked what his job was by saying pastors and musicians get accolades after worship services, such as “Thanks for the wonderful sermon,” and “Thanks for the beautiful music.” But in contrast, church members would tell Kevin which toilets needed repairing. In…

  A brief study of the Bible reveals the seriousness of disobeying God. Sadly, many do not understand that there are several different ways of disobeying God. How does one disobey God? Today, let’s notice a couple of ways. One of the most obvious ways of disobeying God is to do what God has expressly…

  It’s a beautiful song based on a verse in the Psalms about God’s word. We sang it one Sunday in morning worship. (As the late Rush Limbaugh would say, this was “a heap many moons ago.”) However, one worshiper was distraught. She reminded me later that the hymn writer had been in the news…