Under, Out of, or In Control?

Under, Out of, or In Control?

“The righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God.” Ecclesiastes 9:1 “God is in control.” We often say this. Do we live like we mean it? Never before have we felt so much like we are in control of our lives and our future. We check weather forecasts...
A Single Solution

A Single Solution

We have a little girl at our congregation who has a standard answer to most questions. If you ask her and the other children who built the ark, her answer is “God.” If you ask who was in the ark, her reply is “God.” If you ask who is in Africa, she will say, “God.”...
“Peace, Be Still” – In America?

“Peace, Be Still” – In America?

If there is a picture in the Bible that captures the scene today, it is the image of a stormy sea. The winds of change are blowing in every direction. Governments are colliding like waves crashing against one another. The noise of unrest in our land is like the...
Hypocrisy

Hypocrisy

When people take the character of another, acting either in a play or in life, and they speak or act in character, they are a form of the original meaning of hypocrisy as used in the Scriptures. Vine defines the primary meaning as “a reply, an answer,”…as the...

America Has Sinned!

“So the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face? Israel has sinned… Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs…’” (Josh. 7:10-12). Israel had just defeated Jericho. Feeling...