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How do we eliminate the Travon Martin / George Zimmerman mess? Call it what you want to. Both sides of the Travon tragedy have taken roots and dug in to defend their views of the incident. To be honest, only a handful of… Continue Reading “Cain and Abel – Travon and George?”
The Agony of Absence Is there agony of absence? When a family member passes away who was dearly loved – there is the agony of absence. When a son, daughter or spouse boards a military plane to jet off to Afghanistan – there is… Continue Reading “The Agony of Absence”
A Phone Call, Missing Brother, Casket and Heart Warming Sister January 18 began with an awakening phone call from my oldest brother, Richard, in Michigan. Dad was declining in health and the family was being called in. Within the hour Kim and I… Continue Reading “A Phone Call, Missing Brother, Casket and Heart Warming Sister”
Christmas Coming to A Close I’m sitting in a Sheraton Hotel in Michigan. It’s Christmas evening. In a few short hours Christmas 2011 will come to a close. We will say goodbye to the festivities of months of preparation for one twenty-four hour period.… Continue Reading “Christmas is coming to a close.”
Learning Obedience Through Prayer Having tried to figure out some dreams lately has caused me to lean heavily on prayer partners. This brought me to a place of realizing that all of us, regardless of our spiritual strength – need prayer partners. All of… Continue Reading “Prayer and Obedience”
The Struggle of Experience Mark chapter nine holds some unique isights for us. So often we have been trained to look at scripture from the hyper faith side of life. We tend to look at what Jesus did and the miraculous power He worked… Continue Reading “The Struggle of Experience”
The Weapon of the Cross I was an honor to have Rear Admiral Ray Alexander (Retired) with us yesterday. He shared his military experiences with us and how his faith impacted his day-to-day faith disciplines. I enjoyed his testimony immensely. Thank you Ray for your… Continue Reading “The Weapon of the Cross”
Domestic Confrontation – Did We Miss Something With Martha and Mary? I was teaching this past week on Esther and the fact that she overcame being an orphan to become a queen. One of the bumps in the road she had to deal with… Continue Reading “Domestic Confrontation – A New Look at Martha and Mary”
We just wrapped up Vacation Bible School at VHC! Let me rephrase that. My awesome children’s pastor, Pastor Chris Varnell and her team of one hundred volunteers and our pastoral staff members, Dave Hutton and Aaron Begley – pulled off an amazing week. Every… Continue Reading “Allow Children to Come to Him”
The Clash of TBN and Heretical Teaching! WorldNetDaily.com reported that the long running series of Jack Van Impe Ministries (end time prophecy program) has pulled out of air time with TBN. The rift was over Van Impe’s teaching on the liberals engaging the damaging… Continue Reading “The Confrontation of Chrislam – the Fear of TBN!”