THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL

Many times, people will speak prophetically, quoting Moses, telling them they will become the head and not the tail. They forget  to quote the full verse where that phrase is used,  “If you listen to these commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you...
SOME THINGS DON’T BELONG TO US

SOME THINGS DON’T BELONG TO US

When hiking the trails above our town, I will occasionally see something left behind. It could be a single glove, a jacket, or a pair of sunglasses placed in an obvious place for the owner to find. Fellow hikers place these items in a conspicuous place for the...

ORDERING OUR CAMP

As a young boy, when our family went camping, I watched how my father set up our campsite. Everything had a place and purpose, from the stacking of firewood and the maintenance of the fire to the placement of cooking utensils and the disposal of our trash. Each item...

THE TEST OF OUR FAITH WHEN LEADERS FAIL

No matter the visible failures being exposed in the leadership of the Church, the Lord remains forever true and faithful to His promises. He will never fail us. People will. A simple reading of Scripture reveals that these failures will occur in our time because they...
READING THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES

READING THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES

On the trail system above our home, new trail signs have been placed on the entrances to each trail.  In the last few years, the old signs had become worn, some of them unreadable. The trail names haven’t changed. The new signs were put in place to make sure...

REDEEMING A STUBBORN PEOPLE

From time to time, we can slip into a subtle kind of pride. That pride makes us think we are better than those whom we condemn. We become stubborn and unchanging when our pride takes hold of our thinking.  It’s a slippery slope that must be checked because on...