What do you think about when you think about God? This is an important question, I think. How do you see Him in your mind's eye...in your heart of hearts? It's easy to think that because man is made in the image of God, then He must be like us. He is not. We are ... Read More

Weekends are always an emotional mixture of relaxation with the family and wrestling with the ideas that swirl in my mind in regard to Sunday morning's message - no matter how prepared I am, as the teaching pastor, it is difficult to shake the sensation of cramming for the "big final" the next morning...digressing ...anyway, ... Read More

The title may be deceiving. Typically the thought here would probably be something like, "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth." That's of course a profound Biblical truth to be heeded, but it's not what I was thinking about. My comments are really more toward "having a thing"...or more accurately..."not having a thing". ... Read More

Now, let's relate that to our own pain. Suffering, though unwanted, is necessary for us to see Jesus. It is no use romanticizing Christianity as though pain should not be a part of the process. Re-birth like birth always requires it. But as any mother would tell you, the joy that the face of the ... Read More