Have you ever asked these questions? Most people have. Who am I? Why am I here? What is wrong with the world? How can what is wrong be made right? So, why did God create us? Does He have a purpose for us? Let’s take a look at what some Bible teachers are saying. Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever. John Piper…
What makes a home cluttered and untidy? Assuming there is a place for everything and that it can look neat and tidy when everything is in its place… As the mother of seven, I would say it is a case of everything overflowing its spot and encroaching upon other areas of the house. It’s a lot simpler to keep my home tidy now that my children have grown and moved away. But it was a real challenge when they were…
What is the core issue of our day? Is it… COVID-19? Critical Race Theory? Transgenderism and LGBTQ+? Progressive Christianity? Woke-ism? Social Justice? Afghanistan? The Great Reset? Climate Change? Earthquakes? Hurricanes? Wildfires? All of the above, and many more, are of great concern to so many in our day. So why am I not addressing any of these issues? I’m not blind to the threats, or the devastation they have already caused. But the real core issue goes deeper than…
Social distancing, hand washing, face masks, and the pressure to get the vaccine, have become a way of life that none of us could have imagined less than two years ago. With so many contradicting “facts” coming at us from all directions, it is hard to know who to believe. Whoever and whatever you believe all that is said about it or not, you feel it, even now, after all this time. Remember what it was like in March 2020?…
Have you ever asked that question? I have. If God is sovereign – and He is – doesn’t that mean He has already decreed what is going to happen in this world and in my life? If so, what is the good of prayer? Why pray? Jesus said, “Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask Him.” (Matthew 6:8) If that is true, then why even ask? But right after saying that, Jesus goes on in…
Years ago, when my husband, Ian, was pastor of a small rural church, we visited a lady who didn’t like being in a room full of people. When asked why, she said she found it hard to hear when there was lots of background noise. We were young, and she was in her 70s. We thought she was being “selectively” deaf, because she had no problem hearing us speaking to her in her own living room. As we got older,…
My husband, Ian, did something for me a few years ago, that I will treasure always. He took an old black & white photo of my dad taken around 1949, when he was 28… and a colour photo of me in 1980, when I was 27… and put them together as one photograph. He colourized Daddy and the background to make it look as if we belong together. This picture is especially meaningful to me, for my dad died of…
My stepfather was the town garbage man. That didn’t bother me. He was a good man, and it was an honest occupation. He did the rounds in the residential areas as well as the grocery stores and pretty much everywhere else in our small town. In those days, the town garbage man was allowed to bring home things tossed out in the residential areas he served. Every once in a while my dad would even bring home a box of…
Why do so many people who make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ never leave their sinful ways to walk with the Lord? Dare I suggest it’s because they never were saved in the first place? All too often, the gospel is presented as a way of having peace and happiness in your life here on earth, and acceptance into heaven when you die. That is inadequate at best, and dangerous to both the hearer and the preacher. Not…
Proverbs 22:28 ~ “Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.“ In his commentary, Matthew Henry explains that “the landmarks, or meer stones, are standing witnesses to every man’s right,” and to move or remove one of them would naturally lead to disputes and fighting. I would like to make another application here. A few years ago I went back to visit my alma mater, for the first time in thirty years. I could not believe all…