An Alternative to Selfies
By Doug Redford Selfies are one of the products of our modern, high-tech world. They are a common feature at weddings, graduations, birthday parties, family reunions—just about any gathering where...
View ArticleAll of It
By Doug Redford During the spring of 2019, a man named James Holzhauer became quite a celebrity on the TV show Jeopardy, earning over two million dollars by winning on 32 episodes of the show....
View ArticleMajesty, Glory, and Love
By Edwin White “Seeing then that we have a High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize...
View ArticleNo Payback Here
By Doug Redford People can be very clever and creative at planning how to get even with someone for an injustice or grievance, no matter what the unacceptable action may be. One man, a grandfather,...
View ArticleThe Taste of Death
By Doug Redford In Hebrews 2:9, the writer of this epistle describes Jesus as having “suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.” Consider our five senses: sight,...
View ArticleEach One
By Sandy Mahle Christ’s death on the cross is not just a Good Friday message or a Lenten theme. It matters to all people everywhere for all time. First John 2:2 says, “[Christ] is the atoning sacrifice...
View ArticleRescued
By Sandy Mayle Around midnight on April 14, 1912, a massive failure occurred on a ship that was more than four city blocks long carrying more than 2,000 passengers, and an iceberg weighing an estimated...
View ArticleThe Master of Multitasking
By Doug Redford In today’s often overly busy culture, we use the term multitasking to describe working on more than one task at the same time, while being able to get all the tasks accomplished....
View ArticleUnfair
By Sandy Mayle “Know your rights.” “Demand your rights.” “Enjoy your rights.” This is the message of the culture around us. But consider Jesus. Philippians 2:6-8 tells us, “Though he was God, he...
View ArticleGod’s “A” Material
By Doug Redford Some may remember a TV program, Star Search, which was telecast from 1983 to 1995. On the program, two people competed in a category (such as comedy, singing, and dancing), then they...
View ArticleThat View Is Tremendous!
By Doug Redford On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth. A few minutes after liftoff, Glenn’s Friendship 7 capsule reached orbit. At one point Glenn commented,...
View ArticleA Peace for Every Season
By Doug Redford Late one Wednesday afternoon in 2002 in the town of Bethlehem, two men were shot inside the Church of the Nativity, which was built to commemorate the site of Jesus’ birth. Ironically...
View ArticleTransfer of Power
By Doug Redford Following a presidential election in the United States, the new president is inaugurated in January of the following year. Inauguration involves a very simple ceremony in which the oath...
View Article“If I Had a Dollar …”
By Doug Redford Have you ever thought or said, “I wish I had a dollar for every time that ____”? (The blank would include something that you’ve often done or experienced during your lifetime.) Consider...
View ArticleThe State of Our Union
By Doug Redford The State of the Union is a message delivered annually by the President of the United States to Congress. In the message, the President discusses important issues facing Americans and...
View ArticleLOVING LIKE JESUS
By Edwin White “One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him” (John 13:23, New International Version). When we pause to count our blessings, we often think of family first....
View ArticleOur Contribution
By Stuart Powell The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. (Genesis 2:15, New International Version). God created everything good. Yet in that...
View ArticleMessages from Origins
By Stuart Powell As we prepare to celebrate the Lord’s Supper, I’d like you to think about the emblems of this memorial. Each of you hold a small piece of bread and a small cup filled with a drink....
View ArticleNot Filling–But Fulfilling
By Doug Redford Each of us can probably think of a meal that we have greatly anticipated sitting down to eat. It may be a holiday dinner (perhaps at Easter, Thanksgiving, or Christmas) at which family...
View ArticleOh, How He Loves You and Me
Lonetta McKee “And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground” (Luke 22:44, New International Version). What a gripping visual this verse...
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