Settled

Settled

Sometimes the immediate things of the day seem so sure. Coming out of an election year, the mass media has declared by their action, excitement and reporting where their values are. Politics and government are their focus. Presidents, senators, representatives and...
Too Big to Fail

Too Big to Fail

Too big to fail or too large to miss, it’s all in the attitude. In recent years our society has been served reasons, statements for bailing out big business failures as “too big to fail.” That was the attitude of the ancient Philistines and their nine-foot-plus tall...
Persecuted But Not Forsaken

Persecuted But Not Forsaken

In the apostle Paul’s second epistle to the church in Corinth, he was thankful to be proclaiming a message of grace and freedom rather than law and bondage (2 Corinthians 3). Because of the importance of that ministry, Paul and the other apostles would not lose heart....
Feeling the Tension?

Feeling the Tension?

It was the year 54 A.D. Rome, the most powerful nation on earth, coronated its new leader Nero, the adopted son of the previous ruler Claudius. The church was just over twenty years old. The movement that was small at first had spread throughout the Empire. These...
If

If

The word serving as the title of this article is a small word having only two letters. However, its importance cannot be overstated. This little word “If” appears literally hundreds and hundreds of times in both the Old and New Testaments. Most of us will recognize...