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   Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! For the believer joy is a fruit of the spirit. To know that our sins are forgiven, our account is cleared, graced bestowed, and hope granted should create an inner celebration for those who have put their faith in Christ Jesus. Therefore, as followers of Christ, our perspective of life should be different than the rest of the world not rooted in the circumstances of life…

When you listen to either the world news or the local news we see so much pain and heartache. We see so much devastation, division, and destruction that overwhelms us and makes us not like the world we live within. We see people struggling with a sense of meaning and purpose finding themselves often discouraged and alone. Well, no new news here, but this is the world in which we live. We live in a Fallen World where not everyone…

Recently, as I was going through some of my books, I ran across a book entitled C.S. Lewis, Letters to Children. Lewis had a belief that if anyone wrote to him regarding one of his books that he was obliged to reply. Lewis was most well-known for his Chronicle of Narnia series and many other books on the Christian faith such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, The Problem of Pain, etc. It was his custom throughout his entire life to write…

James 3:16-18 For where envy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without favoritism and hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who cultivate peace. I just saw a quote on social media today that said, “We are drowning in information while starving for wisdom.” I believe this is such a true…

Psalms 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. In a world and society that seems so misguided and confused, this verse has a lot to say. Who would have ever thought that we would see a time when so much confusion ruled the day such as gender identity, to the debate about when life begins, to the question of marriage, etc.? I know these are hotly contested subjects, but they don’t have…

II Timothy 4:3-4 …For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine.Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. Recently, I was out of town on a speaking engagement and flipped on the TV searching through the channels in the hotel room. A show…

It has been my experience that there are two basic reasons in which people make changes in their lives: 1. Truth & 2. Tragedy. Let’s begin with the first. Truth is our greatest protection in life, mainly from ourselves. We are so easily tempted into different delusions in which we buy into because most in today’s society has bought into an understanding, which is false, that truth is whatever in the end I want it to be. Truth in actuality…

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. One of the great debates of our day is whether or not God exists. Many of our day choose to believe that the worldview of Atheism (NO GOD) is the best explanation over and above the worldview of Theism (GOD). So how can one determine which worldview is true? The only answer is in the evidence. Now many want to point to Darwinism as a support to Atheism,…

Joshua 24:15… But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Every day we are faced with choices to make. Some of us like making decisions and some of us run from making decisions in our lives. We are faced with choices in how we are going to spend our time, money, educational goals, etc. that one day will make up the sum of our life. One day all of us will look back and see what…

This week our country has a birthday. We are celebrating its 245th birthday if I’ve done my math correct. The 4th of July has come to represent one main word, Freedom. The sad observance today is that we are losing a sense of what freedom actually means. Freedom doesn’t mean one can do anything one wants. If that were the case there would be no need for any laws to govern the people, and without laws to govern the people…