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“Anything is Possible”

The boy’s father was at wits-end, was there any hope for his son? It had gone on for years, the boy’s twisting and thrashing about, so badly that he foamed at the mouth and attempted to throw himself into the home’s fireplace. He’d even come close to drowning when he’d ...

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Our Hope: The Wonder of Wonders

Every day when I arise, I look to the wonders in our world.  Not wonders like tall buildings.  Not huge shopping malls, or fancy swimming pools. Not wonders like beautiful and expensive mansions.  The wonders I look for are the wonders of God.  And because they are His wonders, they are ...

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Will Your Tattoo Send you to Hell?

  Another hot button topic these days is the subject of tattoos and should Christians be indulging in body art.  My daughter sent me an article on Facebook from the website of the United Church of God.  It is in answer to the question, “What does the Bible say about ...

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Rivers Of Living Water

Water of life

“But whoever takes a drink of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life” (John 4:14 NKJV). To the Israelites, after forty years of wandering the dry ...

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What’s Wrong With My Ears?

People say it all the time… “God spoke to me and told me to go over there.” Or “God told me to tell you…” Such statements are often made in church or on Christian television. People everywhere are hearing from God. This makes me wonder sometimes, what is wrong with ...

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Life Is Not A Game

Growing up, one of my favorite family connections was playing games. Not digital or electronic games, but card games, board games, and physical games like charades. I loved the satisfaction of shoving off someone’s pawn when I drew a “Sorry” card. The anticipation in a wavering hand as it tried ...

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Rejection

Most people have experienced the sting of rejection sometime in their lives. You may have been abandoned by your parents, left orphaned, or shunned by your family, friends, or a spouse. Rejection makes you feel unloved, unwanted and not good-enough. Rejection can destroy your self-esteem and your purpose in life. ...

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It’s Not About You…Is It?

“We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 (NIV) Most Christians are familiar with Pastor Rick Warren’s powerful, life changing book, The Purpose Driven Life.  He opens his first chapter with these words, ‘It’s not about ...

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Was A Universal Genesis Flood Possible?

Was A Universal Genesis Flood Possible? By John Livingston Clark One of the arguments people use in an attempt to dispel the idea of a universal flood of Noah’s day and to discount the literalness of Genesis is saying that water could not have possibly covered the entire earth, including ...

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