“We were all ‘was’ at one time, but Once you meet the Messiah, ‘am’ is all that matters” The Apostle Philip in ‘the Chosen” Time is an illusory but useful construct. In the 1980’s, I lived on the Caribbean island of St Lucia serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer. During...
I have a picture in my scrapbook of my brother and I hugging each other when I was probably two and he was five. It warms my heart to see it because it reminds me of near to my heart he is. There are pictures like that in the scriptures...
Glorifying God “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21 NKJV What does it...
“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, Unto him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21 KJV Why Church? We hear much...
Is God Capricious in Salvation? ca·pri·cious | \ kə-ˈpri-shəs , -ˈprē- \ Definition of capricious : governed or characterized by caprice: IMPULSIVE, UNPREDICTABLE Is it just me? Why does God in the Old Testament seem to be so much different than God in the New Testament? I used to date a girl that was very capricious. Her unpredictability was fun for...
“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you…” James 4:8 Recent sermons from a local pastor drew from both the experience of the Israelites at Mt Hermon and an exhortation from the book of James, to highlight for us the blessed position that believers have before our...
If God is in control, why is the world in such a mess? It is a reasonable question to ask. It seems incongruous that God who is not the author of confusion should be sovereign over a world that is so chaotic and overrun by evil people. How do we...