Is Fear King? On Sunday, May 16th, Pastor Al said this, “Hopelessness abounds in America today because fear is king.” Before we unpack that, consider a couple questions. Is fear prevalent across all age categories? Both sexes? Christians and non-Christians? How can we eliminate this hopelessness? The answer to the first three is absolutely yes. We’ll get to the last […]

Listen Up Can You Hear? God is speaking to you…through His creation and His Word. Be quiet. Unplug. You’ll hear it. Let me start by saying that nobody can prove God exists. But I submit that the evidence is overwhelming for His existence, and only a “worthless person, a wicked man” (Prov. 6:12), we’ll call him Bob, would deny the […]

The FUD Factor Fear. Uncertainty. Doubt. These are often seeds sown by salesmen who try to denigrate their competitors’ products rather than focusing on their own product’s advantages. Customers buy because of the FAB (features, advantages, and benefits) of a product, not the negatives of the competition. There is another who sows these same seeds, and, in effect, is trying […]

Biblical Literacy Four posts ago, we talked about Biblical Illiteracy. Today is the other side of the coin. There may be some overlap, but in “illiteracy” we saw that it was self-inflicted due to lack of study, lack of desire, and lack of love for the Father. Today, we’ll define “literacy” as knowing the difference between right and wrong, based, […]

Trust The Cure Fake news. Moving goalposts. Wear masks don’t wear masks. How can we believe anything in the media these days when the only constant is change? If masks work, why do we need social distancing? If social distancing works, why do we need masks? Suspicion, distrust, even paranoia are growing with each passing news day. Fear seems to […]

What If…What Then? Two posts ago, I talked about the “if, then(s)” in Scripture. For you computer programmers, you understand the relationship. If I hit a specific key, then a specific response will happen…every time. It’s how all software works. It also plays a role in our everyday life. If I flip the switch, then the lights come on. When […]