“If God is for us, then who could ever be against us?” What a great Bible promise for it engenders unrestrained hope for persistent spiritual victory. But is it true? Satan is against us. His zillions of minion-demons are against us. And his millions of unknowing people-pawns are against us. So what can Paul possibly … [Read more…]
On those very rare occasions when as a child I misbehaved and knew that either my siblings’ retaliation or my mom’s wrath was imminent, I ran to the Safe Zone of our 2nd Floor Rear. Now what in the world was a “2nd Floor Rear?” It was my grandma’s bedroom. “So???” Well, because I was … [Read more…]
As the curtain was descending on the former millennium, and a spirit of renewed optimism had filled much of the world’s air, it didn’t even enter a cubic millimeter of mine. My home had broken apart and I was out of the ministry I so loved. My life had become intolerable. I struggled every day … [Read more…]
When I was 16, I was invited to play softball for a team called the “Christian 9” – which never made a whole lot of sense to me since the league always fielded 10 players on the diamond at a time – because of the Short Fielder – and we only had a total of … [Read more…]
Whenever there are five Sundays in a month(August 30th switched to September 6th), we celebrate our Lord in a different fashion. Instead of the usual order of service that includes a 30-minute sermon, our Praise Band leads us in singing several contemporary songs that are interspersed with prayers of thanksgiving and praise “from the floor.” … [Read more…]
