What’s Next? Easter has come and gone. The chocolate bunnies and colored eggs are consumed and forgotten for another year. Summer’s coming, school will be out, vacations loom. Has anything changed or is life just S2D2 “same stuff, different day”? May I suggest you take a moment to reflect on the possibility that the God who planned and (literally) executed […]
Rules Is Rules What do poker tournaments, football games, and orchestral compositions have in common? They each have their own distinct set of rules which, if not followed, can result in fines, disqualification, and more. All games have rules. So does life. And there are varying degrees of consequences for not obeying them. Many are modest, some can be very […]
Sinless or Sin Less? Today is Easter Sunday, a day Christians across the land celebrate Jesus Christ’s victory over death by rising from the grave. Many who attend a service today are called Creestors because this is one of only two times per year you’ll find them in a pew; the first to celebrate His birth, the second His death […]
No Time For Fools Today is traditionally a day of pranks and other forms of gotchas aimed at tricking others into believing or acting on a falsehood. Most of it is intended in good clean fun under the heading “All Fools Day.” By contrast, the Bible doesn’t take lightly either the subject of foolishness or those labeled “fool.” There are […]
Protection Not Punishment “When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, , and reason like a child” (1 Cor. 13:11). Didn’t we all? What did our parents know when we were tweens and teens? We didn’t realize that most discipline was to correct or stop something before it could happen. You know, […]
Has God Said? How do we know what God has said? Why does it even matter? Before there was sin, Adam and Eve had a personal, intimate relationship with God, walking and talking with Him in the garden. Everything in the garden was created for man to enjoy…except one thing. God told Adam, “From any tree of the garden you […]