Christmas Peace—and How to Have It           Every Christmas world leaders urgently call for peace. Church pastors and Christians everywhere—and even people who don’t talk to God much throughout the year—pray earnestly for peace. Who wouldn’t want peace between nations, peace in their country, peace with their neighbors, and peace in their own lives? Especially […]

Don’t Let Fear Ruin Your Life In our world today fear has reached epidemic proportions. And the United States is no stranger to this horrible and sad state of our existence. It starts with politics. The far left wants us to fear the far right with tales of violent extremists ready to pounce on America, […]

                            When Life Gets You Down, Trust Our Faithful God                Carol rushed into my office, her face red and angry, screaming a loud accusation at me before I even had time to utter a prayer. “You said my mother would get better, but she’s gotten worse! If she doesn’t have heart surgery she’s […]

 The Power of Christ Gives Us Confidence Our church was blessed with a small choir of people who loved to sing for the Lord. But our choir director resigned because she moved out of the area. So I hired a new attendee named George. I had just met him and didn’t know him at all, […]

You Are God’s Beloved             Did you know that you are God’s beloved? Many Christians do not. Most Christians will talk about God’s love for them even though they sometimes have a difficult time believing he really loves them. Especially when trials and disappointments come their way. Still, most Christians will freely talk about the […]

The Blessings of Trusting God Almighty              We live in dangerous and uncertain times. I’m not sure when the world was not like that, except in the period Jesus lived. There was relative peace then, known as the Pax Romana, the peace of the Roman empire, even in Israel. But world peace has always been […]