A few weeks ago, I quoted Elisbeth Elliot (1926-2015) in my sermon. She wrote, “Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing. Whatever that is, just do the next thing. God will meet you there.” I then quoted an old poem from which Elisabeth borrowed that line – “do the next […]
Saturday is Valentines Day. What a nice time that our culture sets aside to celebrate love. Susan and I will purchase cards for each other – such little tokens are a means to keep the candle burning. Marriage is an important subject with God. After all, he’s the divine Architect. Why did he create marriage? What’s its […]
Jim Lenze is a dear friend, former deacon when I served at Farmington. Jim now lives in Punxsutawney, PA. That’s right, the famous groundhog town. He wrote the following a year ago. I share it with you today. I have a friend, His name is Phil. He lives just down the lane and in Punxsutawney […]
One of the best ways to understand the values of any given culture is to observe what it celebrates or mourns. As believers, we will be pressured into joining in celebrating and mourning what our fallen world celebrates/mourns irrespective of the biblical basis. In fact, culture often judges the validity of religion based on how […]
Today is the Sanctify of Life Sunday. While proponents of “choice” make their arguments let us once again listen carefully to the Word of God – the final authority on the matter. For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully […]
Night time reading last year included Keep a Quiet Heart by Elisabeth Elliot. How it refreshed my soul before falling to sleep. Let me share one of my favorites. “A sensitive, timid little boy, long years ago, was accustomed to lie down to sleep in a low trundle bed, which was rolled under his parents’ bed by […]
The word providence is Latin meaning to see before. As the great sovereign of the universe, God sees events before they happen. But he’s not passive – merely watching events – he is active working out his divine plan, Eph 1:11. God uses seemingly insignificant events in our lives to accomplish his purposes. It […]
O God our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home. Under the shadow of Thy throne. Still may we dwell secure; Sufficient is Thine arm alone, And our defense is sure. That is Issac Watt’s summary of Ps 90 – a good psalm for us […]
Merry Christmas! May each one celebrate the child who is the Light. The world up till the birth of Jesus was in terrible darkness but ever since he came there has been glorious light! The child in the manger eventually died as a substitute for our sin and was raised from the dead. Let us […]
Susan and I noticed a church sign that read – Comparison Ruins Contentment. Warning: What will you get for Christmas this year? Not what you want? Others will get more? Comparison ruins contentment. Scripture speaks about contentment. Phil 4:11 … for I have learned to be content in whatever the circumstances. A friend asked Abraham Lincoln, “What’s wrong with your boys?” The […]