Physical and Spiritual Clean Freaks
Most of us can still hear our parents’ warnings echoing in our minds, “Don’t touch that! Don’t put that in your mouth! Don’t pick that up!” All children are naturally curious and desire to touch, taste, and see everything they possibly can, often to their own detriment. The COVID crisis…
Appreciating All Parts Of The Body
As we all know, COVID has reshaped our behavior in many ways. Although some businesses are reopening, many individuals continue to work from home and most normal activities remain on hold. This virus has also reshaped our thinking. Hopefully, we’ve grown in our relationships with God as we’ve…
Planting Trees Of Our Own Undoing
Two years ago when Nancy and I were in Israel, we visited the Golan Heights. From the peak of Mount Bental we saw stunning vistas stretching deep into Syria and Israel and all the way to Lebanon. These hills to the east of Israel have been strategically important and…
The Miracle Of Mothers
Praise God for mothers! This Sunday we recognize and celebrate the special role that God assigned to all mothers and highlight this crucial individual in all of our lives. Not a single one of us is alive today without her love and sacrifice in caring for us for nine…
Pause or Reset?
As we continue to go through this pandemic together, most of us are eagerly looking forward to an end to stay at home orders and business closures. The reality, however, is beginning to sink in that even when that does occur, it will likely be some time before things…
Is God Trying To Get Our Attention?
As a pastor, I’ve had many questions come my way about the coronavirus. Is this the beginning of the Tribulation Period? Is God trying to get our attention? Why is this happening? And many others like them. While it’s impossible to give definitive answers to some of these, others…
The Bones Cry Out
As many readers will remember, Nancy and I were privileged to travel to Israel in 2018 and visit many Biblical sites both in Galilee where Jesus conducted most of His ministry as well as in Jerusalem where He eventually was crucified and rose again. It was an incredible faith journey…
The Testimony of Unneeded Spices
This coming Sunday, we celebrate the greatest event in human history! Easter marks Jesus’ victory over man’s oldest curse, death, as He marched boldly out of His tomb early that morning. Despite the best efforts of many atheists, no one has yet been able to get Him back inside…
The Shockwave From The Cross
Christians around the world are about to enter into the most holy week of the year. We will celebrate Palm Sunday, then remember Maundy Thursday, observe Good Friday, mourn on Black Saturday and culminate with a great victory shout on Easter Sunday! Although coronavirus has colored our perspectives and…
Redeeming Our Time
As self-quarantining continues in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus, folks are actually at home more than at any time in recent memory. With no sports or school events, no public worship or church activities, and no eating out or partying, many face a quandary of how…