Posts from August 2026

Paul’s words to young Timothy were so descriptive of the trials he would have to face. Those verses in 1 Timothy 4 were given to Timothy because of what was happening. The gospel was soon to be preached to every creature under heaven, and the future of the church was so promising. Paul warned Timothy that the Holy Spirit of God had clearly revealed that some would depart from the faith and begin following false teachers and the lies they…

Early in the novel Shogun a band of European sailors fell into the hands of a fierce samurai tribe. After days of misery and after they were informed to their dismay that the samurais had decided one of the sailors must die. The sailors were to pick the man. European moral traditions gave the men no basis on which to make such a decision. How do you pick a comrade to die? Finally one sailor, drawing on his meager Bible…

The Psalmist challenges the attention of every parent with the words of Psalm 127:1, “Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who built it.” The home was the first divinely instituted organism in the world. God saw that it was not good for man to dwell alone so woman was formed and the first unit of society graced the earth. The law of procreation was ordained by Jehovah and truly, “Children are an heritage of the Lord”…

A wise sage once said, “It is good to have an end to a journey: but it is the journey that matters, in the end!” Friends, we are on a journey that will one day come to an end (Heb. 9:27). The eternal direction of our journey will depend upon what we do in this life (John 9:4; 2 Cor. 5:10). What are you looking for at the end of your journey? As a congregation of God’s people our journey…