Pastor's Blog (Page 21)
Genesis 4
Chapter 4 of Genesis is one of the most disheartening chapters in the entire Bible. The first homicide. And no apparent remorse by the murderer. Then another killing. And this murderer brags about it and dares anyone to touch him. Here we also find the first instance of polygamy. And for the first time we read that a person left the LORD’s presence. But at the close of…
God’s Questions
Last Sunday we talked about the questions God asked Cain and Adam and Eve. Interestingly, we find God asking questions of people all through the pages of Scripture: I often “hear” God asking me questions like these. Do you? Sometimes the Holy Spirit speaks to my heart the exact wording of a question He asked someone in the Bible: “Do you have good reason to be angry?”…
God’s Light
It was a very dark place: “the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep…” On some rare occasion you’ve probably experienced total darkness. Like deep in Mammoth Cave when they turn out all the lights. Not a stitch of light! Not even a hint! From anywhere! You can put your hand a half inch in front of your face and you can’t see…
Peace
The question was once asked, “If you could choose what you want most, what would you ask for?” The most common answer was “Peace.” That sense that “all is well.” We want peace in our marriages and families, at school and work, in our neighborhoods and cities, and in our country and world. But instead we have broken marriages, splintered families, and fractured…
Franklin D. Roosevelt declared December 7, 1941 a day which will live in infamy. The Empire of Japan “simultaneously and deliberately” extinguished 2,403 American lives. And with that attack the United States was plunged into a war that would cost us 405,399 American soldiers. Nearly half a million casualties. A day of infamy, indeed! So what should we call January 22,…
2021
Highs and lows… gains and losses… hopes and fears… good news and bad… hellos and goodbyes… What a year 2021 has been! Great joy as precious new lives were granted us, but deep sadness as dear ones were parted from us. What a year, indeed. And ready or not, 2022 is upon us! Seems we’ve hardly had time to catch our breath. What will the coming year bring? Uncertainty, for…