The Good Life

Jonah and the Whale—Jonah 1:1-4:11 The ancient Assyrians had been the enemies of the Israelites for as long as anyone could remember. All...

Praise the Lord –Psalm 100 The Hebrew title of the Book of Psalms is ‘Tehillim’ which literally means the Book of Praises. The Book...

The Lord is My Shepherd The twenty-third Psalm is a favorite of Christians everywhere. We all love this Psalm because of all of the comf...

Look and Live – Numbers 21:5-9 The Israelites had been traveling in the wilderness almost forty years. This group of two to three mil...

Biblical Faith -- What It Is and What It Isn’t Hebrews 11:1 tells us that: “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of...

                                                                        Fitting In Dorothy had always been a Christian. Her faith in J...

Where Have All of the Young People Gone? Our church denomination (United Methodist) is struggling with an ongoing concern. Young people a...

True Love “It isn’t good for man to be alone,” God proclaimed right after He created Adam and placed him in the Garden.-Genesis 2:18. And...

Wisdom is Calling In the book of Proverbs, Wisdom is described as a woman who walks back and forth through the towns and cities of th...

Good Friday – the Day Christ Died Christianity can not be compared with any other world religion! No other faith system –Islam, Hindui...

The Judgment Scripture doesn’t let us off the hook! Over and over the Bible speaks about the judgment. The return of the Lord will usher...

Standing on the Promises A favorite old hymn is titled “Standing on the Promises”. We sing it sometimes but do we know what promises God...

The Stern Law of Love How do we miss it? What causes us to overlook the obvious? The commandment to love one another is a serious assig...

As A Hen Gathers Her Chicks “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often ha...

Should Churches be as Friendly as a Bar? An article in this months’ Christianity Today caught my eye. The title is, “Should churches be...

Are You Hiding in the Secret Place? “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” Th...

The Good Samaritan Luke 10:25-37 Jesus told his followers many stories or parables; and the parable of the “Good Samaritan” was one of ...