SPEAKING TRUTH: How to know what is right and wrong

Do you believe lying is wrong?What about stealing?If a married man has an adulterous affair with another woman, is that okay?How about when a person commits murder?I believe we would have universal agreement across all races, languages and nations that these are morally wrong.

OUT TO PASTOR: Who’s really in charge?

Living in the country, our family did not have a television in our home. Somehow we managed to entertain ourselves without TV, and of course, we did not have the Internet then.So, how we got along without Facebook and cell phones is more than I can remember.

The dynamics of discipleship (part 24)

“Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking.

SPEAKING THE TRUTH: Overcoming hate

Hate.This is an often-used word in our culture.Hate speech. Acts of hate. Hate crimes.Why do people hate? Sometimes it is aimed at others who are not like them and those who do not conform to their set of beliefs, values or convictions.

OUT TO PASTOR: Sir Forgets-A-Lot to the rescue

Contrary to the idea that the older you get, the more you forget, it has never been my experience. I have forgotten things for as long as I can remember. I even forget things that never actually happened.It runs in our family, though it came to me legitimately down through the generations.

The dynamics of discipleship (part 23)

“Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest?’ Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: The rainbow

Welcome, all, to the “front-porch.” A chronicle of Day 4 of our 2022 Yellowstone excursion: Wednesday, July 13 Finally, we made it – no, not out of the wilderness but around the final loop around Heart Lake, which sat a great distance down below us well out of view.

OUT TO PASTOR: Nothing like an old fashion scam

Scams have become the norm of our culture today.If it weren’t for Alexander Graham Bell, we wouldn’t have all of these scams today. Thanks Alex.These scams go from car warranties to Medicare benefits, and they’re probably just getting started.

The dynamics of discipleship (part 22)

When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

SPEAKING TRUTH: Drugs – a deal with the devil

“Drugs.”That is what the Sheriff and Police Chief told me was the greatest problem their area faced when I was seeking to learn about the needs in their respective county and city.Since nearly the beginning of mankind, the human race has continually had an ongoing battle with drugs.