More Than Bread Devotional 3/31/08

Acts 20:36-3836 When he had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed. 37 They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him. 38 What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.
I always thought that Paul has [...]

More Than Bread Devotional 3/27/08

Acts 19:8-108 Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God. 9 But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of [...]

From the Pastor’s Desk Column for 3/24/08

What is the most important thing in your life? Is it your family? Is it your health? Is it a prized possession? The Bible asks us all the question, “What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and yet loses his soul?” So I ask you [...]

More Than Bread Devotional 3/26/08

Phillipians 3:15-1615 All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. 16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained.
I was reading these verses and it reminded me of my fourth grade [...]

More Than Bread Devotional 3/25/08

Isaiah 58:2-102 For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands [...]

Disappointments

I tried to watch the Razorbacks play today against North Carolina but it was no use. CBS here wasn’t going to switch to the game and the internet feed was worthless. In fact, judging by what little I did see in the stops and starts, the feed was much like the Razorback’s play [...]

Climate change hysteria

Last week I ranted about the Southern Baptist statement on climate change. Today I found more evidence why there is no need to talk about climate change as a human induced phenomena.
Duffy: “Can you tell us about NASA’s Aqua satellite, because I understand some of the data we’re now getting is quite [...]

From the Pastor’s Desk column for 3/17

I heard a joke a couple of weeks ago that the surest way to convert an atheist to Christianity was to challenge him/her to write a book disproving the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Some of my favorite writers have actually come to know Christ as Savior and Lord this very way. It is [...]

More Than Bread Devotional 3/21/08

Isaiah 53:5-65 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. 6 We all, [...]

Thawing out

Well, we are beginning to thaw out here. For the last week or so the temperature has mostly hovered just over the freezing line so things are melting. Of course, we also have snow in the forecast in some small amounts for the next few days. There are actually quite a few [...]