Have you ever compared air travel to that of spiritual travel by a church body or even by an individual Christian believer?  It may seem an odd thing to do, but there are certainly similarities.  Besides, what a unique environment to consider “vision.” At 30,000 feet, how grand the view as one gazes out the

The Bible, the word of God, testifies with absolute beauty how everything came into being—it simply, but profoundly, says, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1).  And indeed, He did! Then, the Bible testifies how on the sixth day of creation, in the crowing work of God’s creative glory, He

While having my morning devotions, I read about the man Jacob in the Old Testament.  Jacob was born as one of the twin sons of Isaac and Rebekah.  At birth, he came out grasping the heel of his twin brother Esau (Gen 25:26) and was therefore named “Jacob,” meaning “one who takes by the heal

What does it look like from the other side?  Instead of working in the fields of the Lord, what would it look like if we stopped, stood up, and stared back at ourselves from the fields of evil? C.S. Lewis, one of my favorite Christian authors, has indeed given us a glance of this perspective

I surely love the Bible and the many stories contained within its pages.  It would be very hard for me to choose just one favorite passage.  Among the many, however, is the account contained in Isaiah, Chapter 6.  It is the story of Isaiah’s vivid call to ministry, a call to serve God Almighty. Have

A member of a certain church, who previously had been attending services regularly, suddenly stopped coming to church.  After a few weeks, the pastor decided to visit. The pastor found the man at home alone, sitting before a blazing fire.  Guessing the reason for his pastor’s visit, the man welcomed him, led him to a

I LOVE America.  I am so grateful for all the countless men and women who have given sacrificially over the many years to help make the United States of American the greatest nation on earth.  Our ultimate gratitude and praise, nonetheless, should always be directed toward the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Creator

Fellowship—a “togetherness,” a sharing of one life with another, a uniting of selves, a sense of common mission, a mark of acceptance, a partnership in life.  Fellowship—modeled by God Himself and commanded within His Scriptures. We find the perfect example of fellowship rooted in the Trinity, the “oneness” of God expressed in God the Father,

A Southern Baptist pastor recently recalled the story once told him about seeing an abandon church building with the following sign prominently displayed on its front lawn: “Gone out of business because we didn’t know what our business was!”  May this tragic account be burned deeply into our hearts and minds, for we, Grace Baptist

What is worship, that is, true Christian worship?  Worship is easy to understand but rather hard to define.  We mostly recognize when we are doing it, but the concept is sometimes difficult to put into “just the right words.”  I remember a high school biology class assignment some years back in which I had to