“Look to Me and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God and there is no other.” Isaiah 45:22 NKJV               On Sunday, January 6, 1850, a young man not quite sixteen years of age walked along a snowy village street some fifty miles from London, England. On this bitterly cold day the snow fell heavily but he was more concerned in finding a church. He was driven along by his need of God, and ultimately, he was driven by the sin, loneliness, and darkness in his lif

“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6               Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega. (Revelation 1:8) He was in the beginning and stretches beyond the ends of known time. (Isaiah 46:10) Jesus is the creator of everything that has ever been created and without Him nothing has been created. (John 1:3) Jesus is the binding agent that daily holds creation together. (Colossians 1:17) Jesus is God,

“The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” James 5:16b NKJV         The pastor took his place behind the pulpit as the congregation rustled about, settling in for the upcoming sermon.  As he started, the pastor opened with a simple direct question to his hearers.  “If you prayed for at least 5 minutes yesterday, please raise your hand.”  And it was then the discomfort started.  Weak trepid hands raised around the church, some high, some low, and some obvi

“I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So do not be troubled or...

“For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord....

“Find a job you love doing and you’ll never work a day in your life” ~ Mark Twain Everyone needs to work. In fact, did you know that in...

I sat on the seashore, the sun warming my skin as the melodious rhythms of the never-ending waves serenaded to my soul. As I processed...

The horizon disappeared behind me as the curvature of the earth seemed to consume the ribbon of road in which I had just trespassed upon....

Milestones are great. Those visual markers along the road of life that alert you to important events, calling you into attention to...

The young boy jumped the two courtyard steps in one single bound. In his mind the distance travelled not mere feet, but miles. But as...

The early morning light crested the mountainous peaks illuminating the haze that hung upon their slopes. The lazy mist drifted slowly,...

“These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my Word.” Isaiah 66:2 I woke up...

We had only been in our new home city of Gudalajara, Mexico for 2 weeks and I was itching to get out into the city and explore. My...

Love recklessly. Love your neighbor no matter what they do or say. Love recklessly. Love your Christian brother or sister no matter...

You gotta have somebody to blame. I mean how can you really argue with a language? And so it was that when I became frustrated and ready...

The year was 1850 and Samuel found himself camped upon a desolate rocky riverbed in central California. His journey had been beyond hard....

“In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels when even one sinner repents.” Luke 15:10 Counting the cost. This is what...

Last night Margie and I attended a beautiful candlelight Christmas Eve service and at the close was a beautiful singing of O’ Holy Night....

Saying thank you is a good habit. It’s polite, it’s kind, and well, it’s just plain nice. When someone does good for you, when someone...

Life has countless twists, turns and curves, you never know where the path before you will lead. As I write this it’s 7:45 am and Margie...