Real Jesus

Have you ever noticed the parallel that what the culture/the world system offers to its ‘believers’ are the same things the Gospel offers to its believers? It’s not really profound. That’s how this mess all started in the first place. Satan whispered into the ears of...

Above Ability

C.S. Lewis once said: ‘If we consider the unblushing promises of rewards in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite Joy is...

Missed God

I recently had someone talking to me about how they were discouraged that they had ‘missed God’ because of some of their selfish decisions. Seems her Christian journey had many unexpected, unwanted, unfair and sad turns along the way, and she really felt that she no...

Prayer

1Thes. 5:17 encourages us to pray always, finding Grace and Help for all our needs. Recently prayer has been a full time job it seems because of some personal experiences in my wife’s family. Her 97 year old mother, her sister, her brother, her sister-in-law, her...

January Newsletter-Aksarben

“Your words were found, and I did eat them; and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart.’ (Jeremiah 15:16) Joy and rejoicing in our hearts, anybody need that today? Above is a photograph of a small collection of Ak-sar-ben lapel pins. They’re pins from a...

December Newsletter-Merry Incarnationmas

Christmas this year does feel like a breath of fresh air. Matthew West has a new Christmas song called ‘We Need Christmas.’ I agree. Thinking about Christmas is somewhat related to hoping for a return to normal. This changing world, well, has really changed. The only...