Our God is a generous God motivated by His great love for His creation.  He makes available and lavishes on those who will accept it, great grace and mercies that are new every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23).  He offers salvation to us free of charge (Romans 3:24). He grants forgiveness simply ...

‘The LORD said, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.” ‘ Genesis 12:1 (NIV) Abram did not know where he was going.  He did not know anything about the place God would lead him to.  He only knew he ...

The “Faith of a Child” Is Under Attack By John Livingston Clark What do other people want your 5-year old child to believe about God? In the attempt to sway the hearts of young children, two stories in the news reveal that there are organizations trying to push the pendulum ...

“I quit! I guess I’ll never be able to tie my shoes. Guess I can’t go to kindergarten.” My son’s heart wrenching dramatic despair played like a broken record over and over in my mind. Why does he always quit before he begins? I just don’t get it! Trying to ...

“If being baptized by water saves you, as some religions claim, then why are we not dumping buckets of “holy water” on people everywhere?” Being raised in a religious household with this exact idea, and having been baptized as a baby, the question caught me off guard and started to ...

Magazines…billboards…movies…T.V. commercials, they all seek to sell their version of beauty. Each avenue has an opinion on how we should look in order to be accepted. Psalm 139: 13-14 confirms that God created us from the womb, and we were fearfully and wonderfully made. Yet society—and its groupies, social media ...

We are fast-approaching that time of year again. The time when candidates fill our mailboxes and we get bombarded, over the airwaves, with ‘approved messages.’ Do you dread the upcoming political season and all the mudslinging that is sure to arrive with it? Do you believe that one day we will be able ...

No matter how far or how long we’ve fallen, there’s hope and bright futures ahead for Christ followers. Everyone accumulates past failures but God delights in giving second chances. Matter of fact, to our astonishment, He grants unlimited opportunities until complete restoration occurs “No temptation has overtaken you except such ...

One of the most universally known hymns and one of my all time favorites is “Amazing Grace” by John Newton.  Trying to appease my curiosity about the number of renditions the song has been remixed, remade, or revived, I submitted a quick search into the ol’ Google search engine and ...

Have you ever taken a crooked road to arrive at an oft visited destination?  Did it take you longer than the road you usually take, which is straight and direct?  Was it more pleasant to travel, or did it present more difficulties?  And when you reached that destination, were you fresh ...