Eyes Closed / Eyes Open Prayer
When our children were young we taught them how to pray. Prayer is respectfully talking with God and telling Him we love Him, how we feel, and what is happening in our day. Respectfully talking to God is the reason why we bow our heads and close our eyes...
Summer Adventures
The courageous laughter of children at play, the crackling start of a cold mower engine, and the scent of charcoal in the air are all signs of the welcomed return of summer where the scales of the work-life balance tip a little more in our...
Prayer Can Be Tough
Prayer seems so easy that even little children can do it, but in reality it is one of the most challenging experiences even the most mature believer faces. The Bible even says that because we don’t know how to pray, the “Holy Spirit intercedes for us...
A War We Cannot Ignore
“Danger gathers upon our path. We cannot afford— we have no right— to look back. We must look forward.”Winston Churchill, 10 December 1936 LIKE IT OR NOTLike it or not, we are at war, and it intensifies. Ahead of his time, Churchill predicted the gathering global...
Why Everyone is not Saved
People sometimes criticize Christianity as being exclusive. How can it be that only Christians find eternal life in their God? If it is exclusive, that means that not everyone can be saved. Such is not the message of the gospel. ALL CAN BE SAVEDIn reality,...
Defining the Gospel (pt 5)
There are many definitions of “gospel” (see Defining the Gospel pt. 1) Paul defines the “gospel” as the good news of God’s kingdom by referring specifically to Christ’s death and resurrection. In this narrower sense, the good news of the gospel is salvation and...
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