Long before the days of email, SMS, messaging apps and social media, people used to communicate by — believe it or not — writing letters. By hand. We’ve come a long way since then. The advent of computers has transformed the way we communicate. Now with a few keystrokes, we Read more…
In the days of the prophet Isaiah, Israel faced some difficult times overshadowed by political and military threats from surrounding nations. Israel’s King Ahaz found himself under pressure at the increasing emergence of Israel’s enemies. As a result, he sent tribute to Assyria in hopes of creating a coalition. Encouragement Read more…
A loud explosion interrupted President John Tyler’s quiet cruise on the new steam warship Princeton. One of the ship’s guns had suddenly exploded. When the smoke had cleared, several of the prominent guests on board, including the president’s secretary of state and secretary of the Navy, were dead. Tyler would Read more…
Critics and scoffers have been trying to silence the message of the empty tomb for years. They have tried to deny it, rationalize it away and even categorize it as just a nice story. None will so nearly succeed in suppressing the truth as Christ’s own followers . . . Read more…
We live in a time full of despair. For many, it can even seem hopeless. It is much like the cold solemnness that overtook the world on the Friday afternoon when God died. We call it Good Friday; but from the surface, there wasn’t anything good about it. A Bad Read more…
Some of the best Christmas music invites us to listen. In “Do You Hear What I Hear?”, a lamb invites a shepherd boy to listen to a song high above the trees, then a king pleads with his subjects to listen to his message about a Child sleeping in the Read more…
The symbols of Christmas are all around us in the month of December as we prepare for Christmas Day. But did you know that long before our Christmas trees, Black Friday specials and our beautiful gift-wrapped presents, God provided His very own symbols? The Christmas Manger The first was a Read more…
America’s Founding Fathers came to this country seeking religious freedom, economic opportunities and political liberty. They formed 13 colonies, but colonists did not have the freedom to make their own laws. They paid high taxes to the British government and had no equal representation. These and many other unfair conditions Read more…
The story of Mother’s Day is one of the great paradoxes of the 20th Century. It is both a celebration of love, admiration, ambition, persistence and ultimate victory; and a sad tale of the harmful effects of bitterness, desperation and loss. Ann Reeves Jarvis: The Model of Mother’s Day Ann Read more…
The past weekend I visited a church friend who had been hospitalized after suffering an asthma-induced cardiac arrest. As I stepped inside his isolated intensive care room, my heart sank. I had heard he was unresponsive after his heart attack, but I guess I didn’t really believe it. I had Read more…