1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (329+ words) Some people are too polite. I have fair skin, and I am bald. When I was young, the experts were urging people to seek exposure to the sun and get a tan. I got sunburned. The result is that from…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (270+ words) Twice during my many years of teaching in Christian university classrooms, a U.S. Federal Reserve Bank employee took different classes from me. She was delightful and we enjoyed insightful conversations. The other students loved asking her questions. Our favorite was … Continue…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (992+ words) The first chapter of Ephesians is one of the passages in the Bible that raises the difficult question of free will versus predestination. Do people choose whether to follow Jesus, or does God decide who will become Christians? One of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (508+ words) I recently studied the story of Josiah, King of Judah. I love his story—from the way he was saved as a young baby, to the way he was crowned king at eight years old, to the way he served…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (259+ words) On July 21, Brian Doerksen went home to be with Jesus. He passed away from cancer at the age of 60. Like many other Christians, I mourned. Brian Doerksen was a contemporary Christian singer/songwriter/worship leader from Abbotsford, British Columbia. His…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1378+ words) What we call the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-14 NIV) is really the disciples’ prayer. It is not what Jesus prayed but a model Jesus gave to His followers for how they should pray. It is not a prayer to be … Continue…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (469+ words) Churches are made up of people, people with their own unique gifts, ministries, strengths, weaknesses, and challenges. They have differing relationships with each other. They move around, leaving some friends behind and meeting new ones. The book of Colossians ends…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (257+ words) The immersion ritual goes far back in Jewish roots. Every major site in Israel, has mikvehs for worshippers to use before approaching the synagogue or temple sites. In the early Tent of Moses/Tabernacle times, the ceremonial cleansing was accomplished…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (205+ words) Someone has said that the death of one person is a tragedy but the death of a million people is a statistic. The point is that when the number of victims gets that large, people cannot comprehend the tragedy, while…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1014+ words) The world of human beings cannot function without organization, and every organization needs to have leadership, someone with authority to make decisions. This whole concept is suspect today. People have had too much experience with unjust, corrupt, authoritarian, and oppressive…...