Legalism in Latin America

Legalism in Latin America

Leticia, Colombia, c. 1996  Reluctantly, the missionary admitted to an American audience that his wife wore slacks on their mission field in Colombia. Knowing the conservative nature of this congregation, the missionary correctly feared that his honesty...
Cash The Check

Cash The Check

We have experienced this more than once.  We give a gift to someone and they do not cash the check for weeks.  Cashing the check means taking it to a bank and trading it for the cash money it represents.  Not cashing the check is a help to the...
Hazardous to Your Health

Hazardous to Your Health

We all want to be close to the living God. We want to be guided by Him, commune with Him, and enjoy Him.   While it is grand to sense God’s presence, being close to God can be hazardous to your health.  There were restrictions about being near to the...
Accepting a Project from Dad

Accepting a Project from Dad

I Chronicles 17 and I Kings 18 inform us of King David wanting to build a temple for God, God’s gracious refusal, God making significant promises to David, and Solomon actually building a temple for the ark of the covenant.  These chapters are loaded with...
Evolution Wrong But Genesis Correct

Evolution Wrong But Genesis Correct

In seeking to explain how the world came to exist and where people came from, some evolutionists believe that life began with very small one-cell creatures, and gradually, over millions of years, small changes occurred, resulting in the complex life-forms we see today...