Why the Good News Isn’t as Good as It Should Be

Why the Good News Isn’t as Good as It Should Be

by | Sep 3, 2024

Making the Good News Truly Good Again The Good News Is Not Very Good . . . . . . because the bad news is not very bad. The reason we can hear about Jesus dying for our sins with a yawn is because we do not think we are seriously damaged by sin. We have heard that...
Individuality

Individuality

by | Sep 3, 2024

“I can’t go in these” was a statement of individuality. The shepherd boy of Samuel 17:36-39 was about to face the Philistine giant Goliath in individual combat. King Saul was trying to assist him toward victory by providing his own armor and sword. Yet David was...
When A Child Dies – Part 2

When A Child Dies – Part 2

by | Aug 29, 2024

We continue with direct quotes from Elizabeth Edwards’ book Resilience. She helps us to see the impact of such a thing on a parent. Some feel, “She ought to be over that by now,” but she is not. Grieving parents are supposed to “snap out of it,”  “get on with...
When a Child Dies – Part 1

When a Child Dies – Part 1

by | Aug 28, 2024

He was 16 when a gust of wind pushed him off the freeway in North Carolina; the car flipped and the young driver died.  The scene was like the picture above The purpose of this article is to help the rest of us who have not experienced this know how such a death can...
Kathryn The Blind Seeing

Kathryn The Blind Seeing

by | Aug 27, 2024

She is legally blind but sees better than we do.  Here’s the scoop.  In 2014, we wanted to take Mike & Kathryn Hixson to Cuba with us.  They were serving Graham Church in Laingsburg, Michigan. Planning the trip required a couple of person-to-person meetings, and...