We Don't Need "Prayers" By Whitney White In response to the two mass shootings at New Zealand mosques in 2019, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (commonly referred to as AOC) tweeted, “At first I thought of saying, ‘Imagine being told your house of faith isn’t safe anymore.’ But I couldn’t say ‘imagine’ because…
The Sin of Partiality: Looking Beyond Ethnicity and Culture By Wil Addison Nearly everyone in America is familiar with the word “racism," and it is no wonder why. Our nation’s history, although full of the grace and favor of God, is also marked by grievous sins such as slavery and…
Children Are Precious To God By Grant Phillips “At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you…
Mirror, Mirror On The Wall By Grant Phillips Mirrors have been around a long time. Today they are made of glass, but the earliest were made of various metals and even stone. Perhaps even earlier, someone noticed their reflection in a pool of water. Viola! Mirror! I’ve never seen a…
How God’s Power Outshines Man’s Power Plays in 2020 By Dr. Robert Youngblood "And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,'for those who are called according to his purpose" - (Romans 8:28). Watch out world, you are about to be rocked in a…
Come, Make Us a God By Anne Reed Since the fall of man, human beings have been looking for someone to fill the gap between God and themselves. And there is reason for that. God is too holy to meet with you and me. Who will get on our level…
How to Receive God’s Blessings By Jonathan Lewis As Christians, we often ask for God’s blessings on our food, our day, our endeavors, and the like. It’s easy to add a request for blessings to our prayers simply because it’s what we do. We say it by rote without really…
All That Will Live Godly in Christ Jesus Shall Suffer Persecution By Bud Hancock When I was eleven years old, after one of our Sunday church services, I approached an evangelist who was holding meetings at our church at that time and asked him to write something in my Bible…
Make Me Like Al By Dr. Mike Murphy There are days in each of our lives that we will never forget. There are times I can look back on and see the events as vividly and clearly as if they were happening today. Special moments, the birth of a child,…
Does Your Work Matter to God? By Dr. Jerry Newcombe Since many of us spend so much time and energy in our work, it’s good to reflect on vocations (and avocations, that is, voluntary work) since we recently celebrated Labor Day. This pandemic has caused many to not be able…