September, 2015

• 4 September

  Rallying With Those Who Are Christ-Centered – Our Redemption Draws Nigh

  

  When was the last time you met for communion?  Not specifically the Lord’s supper, but communion with a group of like-minded believers to share a meal and just reminisce about the goodness of the Lord? Recently, three of our church families met together for food and fellowship.  The focus was ...

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• 4 September

  The Cross of Christ is the Solution to Racial Tensions

  

  Fifty-one years after a Republican majority senate passed the Civil Rights Act, why are racial tensions in the United States apparently worse than ever? If the nation has twice elected a black president, why are we only a step away from what feels like a boiling point? Spiritual warfare, the ...

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• 3 September

  Man’s Creation and God’s Handiwork

  

  Recently I visited  the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State. It is the largest man-made structure in America, built on the Columbia River during the Great Depression. Thousands were put to work building it, my father-in-law being among them. The dam now provides irrigation and power to a large section ...

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• 3 September

  Destroying the Temptation in Your Life

  

  Temptation seems to lurk around every corner. No matter where we turn there’s usually someone or something ready and willing to make us fall. Even though our spirit deeply desires to please God, our flesh desires the exact opposite. Paul said it best when he proclaimed: I have discovered this principle of life– ...

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• 3 September

  Lesson from the Blackout

  

  The summer storm rolled in during the early evening hours of July 13th , 1977.  Those enveloped in the storm’s grip described the lightning as unusual—lighting up the entire sky. Then, lightning struck a power line in Westchester County, causing dangerous demands upon other power lines. This lightning strike started the ...

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• 2 September

  Our Hope: Looking for Strength

  

  “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”  Philippians 4:13 (NKJV) When we think of hope, we can easily see why and how it is connected to strength.  Just as little children, when we are in peril, we hope that someone with strength, such as a father or ...

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• 2 September

  And Your Desire Shall be for Your Husband

  

  This world has taken the order that God created and skewed it so that everything is out of whack. “ … the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from ...

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• 2 September

  Do You Suffer From Discontentment?

  

  Sunday evening, we came home from church to find our pantry had been ransacked. Spices lay in the floor. Boxes and pouches lay askew on their assigned shelves. Cans lay on their sides, overturned at some point during the process. And from the way Mitch, our shepherd mix, turned and ...

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• 2 September

  Turning Your Complaining Into Thankfulness

  

  We all have things that we dread doing, and we all have situations in our lives that seem to merit complaint. Recently, I started taking a Bible study by James MacDonald called, Lord Change my Attitude Before it’s Too Late. This week’s lesson is about turning our complaining into thankfulness. How ...

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• 1 September

  “All Things to All People”–Witnessing at a Personal Level

  

  Witnessing to anyone … in any form, can be a challenging task—especially for those persons who fear the task. Nevertheless, since God admonishes us all to go and preach the Gospel, witnessing is just a task that we have to get done. This doesn’t mean we should approach witnessing using ...

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