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My Morning with the Lord 

I realize I need to preface my remarks this morning by providing the reader with some understanding of my present condition. Just over two years ago I underwent open heart, triple bypass surgery following...

Just Whose Kingdom Is It?

The phrase, “kingdom of God,” is scattered throughout Scripture and is repeated in Mark’s gospel 15 times. Unquestionably, God has a kingdom. However, there can be questions with respect to the extent, nature, and...

Did You Come to Finish?

In 1968, the Olympics were held in Mexico. The marathon was the climaxing event of the entire games. When the Ethiopian runner crossed the finish line first, another contestant, John Akwhari of Tanzania, was...

You Decide

 In a way, these thoughts are a follow up to a previous article entitled “Joy that Endures.” I think the Lord desires that all his children live with enduring joy. In the article on...

Joy that Endures 

I Love the book of Hebrews. It is not only filled with direct information and incentives that heip us live successful lives as followers of Christ, but it’s also filled indirectly with much informative...

A Veterans Day Message

In considering the message for this significant day, I thought I would tackle the question, “What is a Veteran?” On the surface this would seem like an innocent and easy question. A Veteran is...

I Want My Share…Now

Luke chapter 15 records the account of what we refer to as the story of the prodigal son. It is a fascinating tale when examined from various perspectives. However, in this article I want...

Denominational Distinctions: Part II

In the initial article regarding church distinctions, I explored the worthiness, use, and validity for writing up doctrines and specifications for our churches. In reading this article one could readily perceive my persuasion was...

Denominational Distinctions : Good or Bad?

Most church denominations, as well as independent churches, set forth their particular church’s distinctions in one manner or another. This would amount to fundamentally describing their core beliefs. On face value this would reasonably...

Elected for Life 

Are you aware that the US House of Representatives and the US Senate both have chaplains as elected officials of their respective bodies? The House chaplain is elected every two years while the Senate...

Count It All Joy

  Although I have written many articles for this Website, the present offering can be considered pristine in character. This is because it is the first that I have written as a direct consequence of...

One Thing…

“Good teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life? So Jesus said to him…You know the commandments…All these things I have kept from my youth. So when Jesus heard these things, He said...

What am I Worth?

To answer the question posed above, we are going to look into the types and shadows of the Old Testament. I always find this to be fascinating because it is a time of discovery,...

What Now?

“For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.” Rom 8:29 NKJV When you read or hear the...

What’s in a Name?

“Eight days later, when the baby was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel even before he was conceived.” Lk 2:21 NLT In the world of commerce and advertising,...

When is it Time to Speak Up?

“And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere…” Lately I have been noticing something rather interesting. Although my daily routine and activities have me generally in the company of confessing Christians,...

There is Always a Way 

“Your road led through the sea, your pathway through the mighty waters—a pathway no one knew was there”  (Ps 77:19 NLT). The Psalmist was probably confronting an intractable situation when he penned this particular...

The New Life

He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them…This means that anyone...

Conquering the Will

“Then I said, ‘Look, I have come to do your will, O God…’” (Heb. 10:7 NLT) Maybe one of the most significant and risky things the Lord has ever done is to grant man...

Are You Listening?

Please read Mark 9:1-8. This account of Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration is one of those transitional passages that punctuates the New Testament and helps us to spiritually navigate from the Old to...

Believing God

  In Mark 6 we have the account of Jesus returning to his hometown of Nazareth and going to the synagogue on the sabbath day to teach which was typical in his ministerial travels....

The Providence of God

   God’s Providence is something that exists in everyone’s life yet is seldom recognized or talked about. Maybe because we don’t really know what it is or incidents of his Providence are attributed to other...

The Morphing of the Church

The word “morph” didn’t originate as the name of a British cartoon character. It actually means, “to change or transform something…from one thing to another; to undergo a dramatic change in a seamless way.”...

A Path through the Sea

“Your road led through the sea, your pathway through the mighty waters—a pathway no one knew was there.”  (Psalm 77:19 NLT) This Psalm was written by someone facing what appeared to be unconquerable circumstances....

Apocalypse Now 

I want to write a few things about the book of Revelation and I want to say from the beginning that this will be different from what you are probably used to reading. Most...

Who am I?

Identity is as fundamental as language or speech or communication itself. Everything has a name. Not only does everything have a name but also multiple descriptive handles which serve to set each item off...

Patience

Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. (Hebrews 10:36) (A note from Patricia: My husband wrote...

Revelation 1:1

The following is from my personal study of the beginning of the book of Revelation. I hope this will be an encouragement to all who read it. Rev 1:1  The Revelation of Jesus Christ,...

A Fall Festival and a Fall

(More about our life after open-heart triple-bypass surgery and a stroke that paralyzed Stoner’s left side last February totally changed our lives) Last Saturday was one of those fall days most people love. The...

Living in Role Reversal

Yesterday we had our first trip out alone in our new van. There were errands to be run and Stoner wanted to go with me, but there were obstacles that would need to be...

The Miracle of the Ramp Guys

Stoner had a heart attack on February 7th of this year 2024. I rushed him to the closest hospital in a nearby small town.  From there he was taken by ambulance to a larger...

Our Great Trial of Suffering

Some of you may be wondering why Stoner and I have not been posting articles for the past three months. That is because we have been experiencing the most severe trial of our lives...

Taking a Stand (Part 3)

The king took his place of authority beside the pillar and renewed the covenant in the LORD’s presence. He pledged to obey the LORD by keeping all his commands, laws, and decrees with all...

Taking a Stand (Part One)

A number of years ago, young orphaned elephants were introduced to the Pilanesberg area of South Africa having been removed from other over-populated reserves. Within a relatively short matter of time, these juvenile elephants...

Daniel, Chapter 2: Part 4

The next eight verses of Daniel Chapter 2 are a conversation between the King and the Chaldeans…or we could say the natural mind is thinking. He has his thoughts and thoughts from the demons...

Daniel, Chapter 2: Part 3

We have established that the natural mind is searching to find his true identity. He does not know the answers to the questions, Am I valuable…Does my life count for anything? Verse three tells...

On Becoming Real

“What is real?” asked the rabbit… “Real isn’t how you are made,’ said the Skin Horse. ‘It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not...

Prophecy September 2022

The following prophecy came forth in one of our churches last Sunday: “Fine tune your ears, fine tune your ears, fine tune your ears. I want you to hear, I want you to hear,...

We the People

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of...