Every year on Maundy Thursday (the day before Good Friday) I like to watch The Passion of the Christ. My favorite scene is the opening scene of Christ praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. The actor did a superb job of portraying the emotional turmoil Christ experienced in the garden just a few hours before [...]
Man has come a long way in his acquisition of knowledge and power. From the horse and buggy to the space shuttle and from the flintlock rifle to the atomic bomb, we’ve made progress. There is always a cost attached to man’s progress however. The cost seems to always be in damage to the environment [...]
God never ceases to amaze me and I’m beginning to understand more and more everyday why He calls the Bible His living word. I can read the same portion of scripture I’ve read a dozen times but this time it has an entirely new meaning for me. God takes us wherever we are in life at [...]
I will soon turn 45 years old. The older I get, the more I realize the sole purpose of our existence is to love, worship, and adore God. If you are younger than I am, then listen up. If you are older, then teach me more. If you are in your forties then join me [...]
What was so important about setting aside a day of rest? I understand setting it aside for worship, but why rest? This commandment was actually the first demonstrated by God as he rested on the seventh day after creation; God demonstrated to us on that day that rest is appropriate and right. Not laziness, but [...]
