It’s December, and everything Christmas is in full swing. Shopping, dinners, programs, decorations and so much more, it seems like we’ll never make it through the holiday. But wait. What IS Christmas? It has nothing to do with gifts, dinners, sales or any of that stuff. This world has so commercialized Christmas, and it’s hard …
It seems that most of my posts thus far on this blog have had something to do with church or Christianity in one way or another. I’m finding more and more that as I get older, that is my life. My job is a necessity to provide an income and thus take care of our …
In churches all across Tennessee today, members will be down, depressed and not into the service. Why? The Tennessee football team lost yesterday. I love football. I was able to sit down and watch a little bit of the game yesterday, and I was disappointed in their performance. But in the end, it is simply …
First things first in this post – I got charged up last weekend and on Sunday. I received encouragement. God dealt with my heart in several ways. I’m responding to that dealing, and with His help and grace my life is changing by it. This post isn’t a rant. It’s as much for me as …
I spoke about this in our teen Sunday School class today, and wanted to post something here as well. We humans are strange creatures. If there is something wrong with us, we usually want to go to the doctor to find out what it is so that we can get it taken care of. When …
As many of you know, I recently returned from Colorado for a missions trip. A missionary family that spent much time with us at our church has gone out there to plant a church in the Denver area. It is more specifically in the nearby city of Aurora. Let me first start out by saying …
The Bible is really pretty clear on music. To me, the most important verse on music is Ephesians 5:19: Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord. This is the only place that I know of where we are told what kind of …
A disturbing trend I have begun to see in church materials and in some churches themselves is the over-simplification of the plan of salvation. Now, let me be clear here – God’s plan of salvation is simple. But some people are over-simplifying it to the point of deceit. I was browsing a church website the …
Ever see a wet paint sign? What’s the first thing you want to do? See if the paint is actually still wet! I know that’s how I am, anyway. For the past few Sundays, our pastor has been preaching about David’s sin with Bathsheba. This got me to thinking about the different temptations we face daily …