This life has a lot of beautiful, satisfying, breathtaking moments. Think about moments in nature, in God's creation - standing on the top of a mountain and seeing for miles, or looking out over the expanse of the ocean listening to the crash of the waves, or the absolute silence of being out in some remote forest in the snow. There are ...

This past summer, forest fires in Australia were blamed for the extinction of a type of 'mealybug'. Some researchers who were alarmed by this conducted a survey. They were surprised to find that many people value human life even over the extinction of an entire non-human species or "items of Indigenous cultural significance". They were disturbed by...

I wanted to start with a picture I think I’ve shown before. ***(Slide) This is me at 7 years old. Yeah, I was a cute lil’ fella. Back then, I couldn’t have imagined myself as the middle aged guy I am now, many years later. Back then, I could dress myself, read a little, the usual things for a 7...

First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. (4) They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation." (5) But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens...

At the last Board meeting I mentioned that today would be the Super Bowl and right before Valentines' Day - so I might preach about love or teamwork. To the credit of every man there - they acknowledged Valentines' Day and wisely suggested love. So I'm going to talk about sports. Just kidding...

My very first youth ministry, I was fresh out of Bible College, and I went to work at a church that I had actually been told had a reputation as a 'preacher killer'. The record for any youth minister before me was only one year, and most had only lasted about 6 months. I made it 2 ½ years and was then ready to throw in the towel. ...

Last month, before Benji and I were to fly to Cincinnati, I had to arrange shuttle rides from the airport and back the next day. I emailed the hospital concierge exactly as I had before and provided all the same details. She replied and asked for the hangar information. So, I contacted the pilot and then sent the additional information....

Last Sunday morning, my son Winston served me communion. That was pretty cool. Those of you who know my family understand that I was blessed to have my first son enter our family by way of a Crisis Pregnancy Center. His birth would not have happened if it were not for a Christian woman who loved her daughter and her unborn baby...

Every new year brings new predictions of some new danger in one form or another. The past few years have of course brought pandemics, threats of giant asteroids, and who could forget 'murder hornets'..? I recently learned about a new threat - 'zombie fires'. You may remember the orange haze this past summer from Canadian wildfires...?

So here we are in the New Year. Many are making resolutions and new personal budgets for the year. - I think that many people may have a complicated relationship with money. There are many who think, 'people with more than us probably got it by cheating - and people with less than us are probably lazy'. That's where...