Friday, February 22, 2019

I shake my head in wonderment when I see some television ads for new “miracle” drugs. Listen carefully: In some of these ads it takes longer to list the potential harmful side effects, some quite dangerous, than the benefits of the drugs themselves. And I...

Thursday. February 21, 2019

Have you ever been declared the best at something? The VERY best: first in your class, best of show in the horse ring, an All-Star athlete or a blue ribbon winner at the Fair? How did you feel, having achieved that pinnacle of success and admiration? Pretty great,...

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

“What’s new today?” your friend asks, and your reply is, “Nothing. Same old. Same old.” How sad to sentence yourself to a day of boredom and inertia in the midst of a great world created by and watched over by our mighty God. It sounds a...

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

One of the great gifts that we receive when we come to Christ is the gift of free will, the opportunity to choose how we will act and behave as we make our way through life. When you accept Christ as Savior, that conscious act should lead you to change: as Christ was...

Monday, February 18, 2019

Some old ideas and beliefs never die. They hang on from age to age, ultimately finding their way into our culture, even as warped as they may be. So it is with the concept of sacrifice. In ancient times people offered a bull or goat to cleanse themselves from sin....

Sunday, February 17, 2019

We all know there are people out there who love to hear themselves talk, and talk they do, on and on. Blah, blah, blah! How do we know who and what to believe? Just because someone speaks loudly or forcefully doesn’t mean that what is being said is accurate or...