Pray serve

God Can Fix This: The Role of Prayer and Service

Recently, the New York Daily Times had on its cover the words “God Isn’t Fixing This.” The cover was quite deceptive as the article was…

Christmas tree

O' Christmas Tree: Is the Christmas Tree a Pagan or Christian Symbol?

My family and I participated in an annual tradition. We set up and decorated our Christmas tree. As I came home from church the other…

Faith over fear

Will Your Faith or Fear Define You?

This past Friday, the world was rocked with the news that the people of Paris, France had been attacked by an organized group of terrorists.…

Order chaos

Finding Comfort and Order in the Midst of Chaos

At times, life seems chaotic. It appears that the harder one tries to make sense of the world, the more bizarre it becomes. I recently…

FEAR

The Greatest Danger for the Christian

For the past couple of years I have written about the top challenges that face the church for the year ahead. God-willing, I plan to…

Sun over earth

Where is Your Ultimate Authority Found? The 7 Loci of Authority

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21).[1] Jesus’ classic statement is found in his famous sermon named the “Sermon…

1John

5 Parameters of Genuine Christianity Found in 1 John

Parameters are limits that constitute the nature or definition of someone or something. If one were to describe the parameters of an unused composition notebook,…