The Facebook online social networking site is one of the Internet’s most popular stops right now. (Jerry’s page) If you’re not familiar, Facebook creates a kind of virtual coffeeshop, where a person can drop in and chat with friends. Yesterday,… Continue reading

Ask the average American teenager what he wants most and in one form or another, you’re likely to hear something about fame and wealth! In our media age, if a person finds a way to attract enough attention, money will… Continue reading

Certainty is a wonderful thing if you don’t like mystery, wonder, and discovery. I have experienced two kinds of Christianity in my lifetime. Once I was in the ‘certainty’ group. When I was younger, I had the answer for every… Continue reading

From the top of the Empire State Building, you can see several states and take in an unbelievable view of the huge metropolitan area. At 14,000 feet above sea level, Pikes Peak in Colorado offers a spectacular vista – the… Continue reading

A friend told me about his depression this past Lord’s Day. I’m concerned for him, because I know what it feels like to be trying to outrace the darkness! My melancholy disposition tends to depression. Fifteen years ago, I went… Continue reading

At dinner yesterday, our waiter was a woman named Cheryl. She was friendly, took note of remembering my wife from a previous visit to the restaurant, and provided excellent service throughout dinner. Is she just a conscientious, good person who… Continue reading

“Pastor, I’m leaving the church …” What follows is almost never a good or solid reason. Then, too, there are those who dress up their offense, wrapping it in religious language. “Pastor, God is leading me to another church.” Honesty… Continue reading

Can you imagine hearing those words from the Lord Jesus?You don’t have to imagine! He actually told a church in ancient Turkey that was how He felt about them! What had they done to provoke His reaction? Nothing; precisely nothing!… Continue reading

A gold coin about the size of an American half-dollar weighs an ounce! Yesterday, on world markets that coin’s price topped $1000! From Biblical times to the present, this precious metal had held the fascination of people. The lure of… Continue reading

Polls confirm that Americans hold the Congress of the United States in very low regard because we believe that those elected to represent us are more interested in self-advancement and/or party power than in doing good for the country. Interestingly,… Continue reading