Winging It

This is a blast from the past. Ten years ago, actually. Thought it might be a good time to bring it up again. ________________ Welcome to ...

If you're not paying attention, this can be a very startling verse. God speaking says, "Does disaster come to a city, unless the ...

When I was young (keeping in mind that "young" is relative to someone as old as I am), the "End Times" was all the rage ...

Who Knew? In Sydney, Australia, some 15,000 people reportedly joined in a pro-Palestinian march. I wasn't aware that Australians were ...

Jesus is well-known for declaring, "I am the good shepherd" (John 10:11, 14). There are popular artistic renderings of a Jesus fig...

In his first epistle to the church at Thessalonica, Paul explains his "ministry plan" as it were. I think it was revealing. He sai...

I would guess that one or two of you have, at some time or another, felt like a failure. I would guess, further, that I just made a monument...

"Hang on a minute, Stan, didn't you just do that ?" Actually, no, I didn't. Here's why. My wife likes Oldies, so we w...

An old country song you may or may not know is titled, "Farther Along." The gist is that we may not understand what God is doing i...

Jesus famously said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me" (John 14:6). And si...

I Don't Think That Word Means What You Think It Means They're adding new sports to the Olympics. Some I get. Lacrosse and cricket,...

We all know Jesus, right? Well, at least we Christians. Right? He's all loving and all gracious and all kind. He told a father asking fo...

In Jesus's High Priestly Prayer in John 17, He prays regarding Himself (John 17:1-5), His disciples (John 17:6-19), and for future belie...

Paul wrote two letters (that we know of) to the church at Thessalonica. The church was an amazing church. We know of his mission to Thessalo...

Lots of Christians have this strange idea that "The God of the Old Testament was a God of wrath, but Jesus in the New Testament was a ...

The 18th chapter of the Gospel of Luke begins, "And He told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose he...

Traditionally, there has been a distinction between "Christianity" and "biblical Christianity." For as long as there has...

Shades of 1984 In the classic novel, 1984 , Orwell envisioned a world (patterned after Stalin's Soviet Russia) where, among other thing...

Scripture repeatedly calls for unity among believers (e.g., John 17:20-21; 1 Cor 1:10; 1 Peter 3:8; Eph 4:3; Php 2:2). Now, mind you, this d...

In his letter to the Colossian church, Paul warns them about false teachers. One of the key indicators he gives on how to tell a false teach...