Dealing with our Doubts

Philip found Nathaniel and said to him: “We have found Him of whom Moses and the Prophets, wrote- Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” And Nathaniel said unto him: “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him: “Come and see!”
Jesus saw Nathaniel coming unto Him and said, “Behold an Israelite in whom is no deceit.” Nathaniel said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to him: “Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig tree I saw you.” Nathaniel answered: View full article »

Love Others

Have you ever noticed how easy it is to love one another in theory, but how hard it is to practice it when either tempers flare or personalities rub you the wrong way.
Sometimes no matter what you may do or say it seems some people take you wrong or seem to have an ax to grind with you.
Or on the other hand, no matter how hard you pray about it and try to die to self and walk in the Spirit, some people are just tough for you to deal with.

It is precisely in these relationships that the lord seems to do His best work at refining us. View full article »

Flee from Idolatry

What constitutes idolatry? It’s easy for us to look at Hinduism with its multitudes of idols and know they are clearly guilty of engaging in idolatry. The same could be said for Buddhism- but how about Americans? How about Christians in general?

In 1054 one of the Great Schisms in Christianity took place. The Eastern Church View full article »

Offended

Since the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va. this summer; the efforts to purge our present culture of remnants of the past that do not conform to present sensibilities has taken on renewed vigor.

For instance, there is now a push by Native American Indians to change the name of Mt. Doane in Yellowstone National Park to First People’s Mountain because Army Lt. Gustavus Doane was a participant in the killing of 173 noncombatant native View full article »

National Judgment?

As I was paging through the Jackson Hole Daily the other day, a headline caught my attention: UN chief: Natural Disasters have quadrupled since ’70. I had to do a double take and then read the article. In the article Secretary Anonio Guterres asserted that since 1970 natural disasters around the world have quadrupled in number and severity and that since 1995 the United States of America has borne the brunt of them. Whether hurricanes, tornadoes or earthquakes the devastation of property and loss of life has soared. The mess in Houston and the upcoming devastation in Florida, as well as the recent massive earthquake off the coast of Mexico all seem to testify to the same thing. View full article »

Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood Statements.

“The Bible clearly teaches that men and women are equal in value and dignity and have distinct and complementary roles in the home and the church. If churches disregard these teachings and accommodate to the culture, then the members of those churches and subsequent generations will be less likely to submit to God’s word in other difficult matters as well.” ~ Quoted from CBMW.org

Where Does the Wind Come From?

Amie asked the question the other day after the heat of the day had given way to the cool of the evening. I immediately hitched up my mind and started into a scientific explanation of high and low pressure’s and other minutia that matters little. View full article »