We recently had our first annual Holiday Banquet at our congregation. This was an event planned by those in our congregation who are 64 years old and younger to honor those of us who are 65 and older. It was very well attended and there were lots of members who did a lot of work to execute the plan for this event. There were young children, teens, young adults, young families, middle-aged people, and those on the very doorstep of 65 years of age who worked together to make this evening a success. We had a wonderful dinner and some great entertainment – all done by our members. Those of…

They are now 13 and 11. Some days, the realization of time passing with them in my home just hits me harder than others. Maybe the holiday season makes me think of it more, but it’s been on my mind a lot lately. I only have a handful of years before these precious arrows are launched into the world. In reality, only then will it be realized whether or not I have prepared them to face Satan’s temptations and a world that is increasingly against virtually everything we stand for. But I have so much I want to teach them. I have so much I want them to learn and…

I have a question for you to consider and answer. Feel free to contact me about it if you wish because I am searching for some opinions on this. Please understand I am seeking what is best in God’s eyes and for myself and the future of our world. I’m trying to figure out in 2018 what a Christian is supposed to do when it comes to speaking publicly against what is an abomination in the eyes of God. I received a call today from someone in our community about something that is happening at our public library. Apparently, a local group of transvestites has been dressing up (mostly men…

They wanted to be great. They wanted to make a name for themselves. They wanted to see what they could accomplish. So they decided to stick together. They started building. But then everything stopped. There in the plain of Shinar there was a disruption. Even better, let’s call it confusion. After all, that’s what “Babel” means. God interrupted the construction of their project. He crafted the easiest and most reliable way to cause a problem. He made it impossible for them to communicate. Before God brought confusion it says the whole earth was of one language and one speech (Gen. 11:1). It is interesting that Moses distinguishes here between language…

I know that there seems to be a constant negativity from the older generation to the younger generation concerning the moral climate of America. Perhaps this makes the young people a little bit put out with the lack of trust extended to them concerning the future. So let me first say to everyone younger than me that we believe in you and that we charge you with the great responsibility of tomorrow. May God be with you and may your lives be protected with the blessings of His peace. We want you to succeed and we wish for the world of tomorrow to be full of hope. That being said,…

If you come to our site regularly, you may have noticed a new look. Today, I wanted to take just a moment and explain this redesign. Earlier this week, our site went down for several hours. That was not out intention! After a lengthy chat with our hosting company, Bluehost, we discovered that our “theme” (that is what gives the site its “look”) was not working. Basically, if our understanding is correct, our theme was not updating as it should and finally just stopped working properly. So, we quickly took steps to bring the site back up, and here we are. The redesign is much more simple, but we hope…

Many who will be reading these words may be aware that I “retired” from full-time preaching at the end of 2016. I used the quotation marks because I have not stopped preaching altogether. It is just that I am no longer the full-time located preacher for one particular congregation.  As I think back on my (almost) forty years of full-time located work and as I consider the role in which I am presently trying to serve, I am aware of any number of challenges faced by preachers of the gospel. It seems to me that many of those challenges would fall under two broad headings: Time management – How does a preacher find…

It is hard to believe, but the last few days of 2017 are clicking away. We pray you have had a great year, and that you have plans for greater service in the Lord’s Kingdom in 2018. As we do each year, we want to take one post to share some things about our site from this year with you. First of all, thank you. Well over 100,000 people came to our site this year, which is a number we simply cannot fathom. That only has happened, though, because you came and you passed along our articles and podcasts with others. Top 17 Posts of 2017 The following articles were…

Each year, we try to take a little peek back at the previous 12 months. Each time we do that, we are grateful. We are so thankful that anyone actually comes to our site or subscribes to our email list, but when we look back on the previous year, we see that thousands have read our posts and/or listened to our podcast. Trust us, we are humbled! Goals for 2016: Reviewed We try to set goals for our site each year, and 2016 was no exception. We met one of the goals, and got very close on the other two. We set a goal of crossing 1500 subscribers to our site…