Fear of Man

Fear of Man

by | Jan 20, 2021 | ,

“…for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God” (John 12:43). One of the things that often stops professing Christians in their tracks, when it comes to taking a stand or speaking up for the Savior, is what others are going to...

Days Ordained for Me

Days Ordained for Me

by | Jan 7, 2021 | ,

“My frame was not hidden from you, when I was made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; and in Your book were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them” (Psalm...

After

After

by | Dec 22, 2020 | ,

Before I go too far into this story, I need to explain that for most of my life I lived in areas where everyone had an incinerator in their back yard, in which they burned their cardboard and paper trash. I often found myself before an incinerator following the...

Joseph’s Secret

Joseph’s Secret

by | Dec 11, 2020 | ,

Has anyone in history kept a secret better than Joseph the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus? We talk a lot about Mary’s part in the Savior’s birth and what a sacrifice she made when she said to the angel Gabriel, “Be it done unto me according to your word.” Mary’s...

God’s Fault?

God’s Fault?

by | Dec 3, 2020 | ,

“Whenever a man’s folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord” (Proverbs 19:3). In January of 2021, I will begin my 45th year of pastoral ministry. Over those years I have spent countless hours engaged in pastoral counseling. And more times than I...

In the Bleachers or On the Field

In the Bleachers or On the Field

by | Nov 17, 2020 | ,

“Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. I run in such away, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; I discipline my body and make my slave…so that, I myself...

The Last Days?

The Last Days?

by | Nov 8, 2020 | ,

“The end of all things is at hand; therefore, be self-controlled and sober-minded…” (I Peter 4:7). “Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore, we know that it is the last hour” (I John...