Last week we looked at the Call of Abram in Genesis 12. Briefly recapping the story, we observed the great faith that Abram displayed by trusting in God and departing his home, religion, and culture to follow Yahweh- the one true God. The writer of the letter to the Hebrews stated this about him. “By…
At the break of dawn Wednesday morning, NASA launched D.A.R.T. (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California into space. D.A.R.T.’s mission is to demonstrate the capability of earth’s technologies to protect the planet from threatening killer asteroids. D.A.R.T. is set to accomplish this mission by navigating toward Didymos, an asteroid…
Have you ever been paralyzed by the heart-gripping feeling of now what do I do? Can you think of a time when you had no idea what to do next? How did you respond? What steps did you take that were positive? How do you find a way forward when you have no clue even…
There is a very real temptation to be anxious about life that is pervasive in our present culture and world. Many things in life that we have accepted as normal are now anything but normal. Just the events of this past week in our government are heartbreaking and so very contrary to what we have…
The inability to wait, or to be patient, has its roots in “self-worship”. I know none of us believe we worship ourselves, but when we want something, we usually want it now, mostly because, we just want it now. If we don’t get what we want, especially concerning our relationships with others, we tend to…
Have you ever had that dilemma swirling around in your cranium, “What should I write about?” I am having that discussion with myself as I sit here. On the one hand I really want to write about lessons learned from hunting and God’s provision for His people. Seeing as I will not be going hunting…
As many of you may know, I am actively pursuing seminary training through The Master’s Seminary (TMS) Distance location program we have at AGC. I have been much blessed to benefit from this offering, and I trust I have become a better pastor/teacher. I still have a long way to go to graduate, but I…
In the early years of our marriage, I wanted to take my wife to visit my Aunt Nell and Uncle Homer who lived in Twiggs County Georgia; to the farm. The farm is where I had spent many summers as a young boy and well into my teen years. I had many great memories of…
Fear has gripped our nation, state, and city. We’re now over four months into responding to a mysterious virus that arrived unexpectedly and continues to profoundly impact everything. And, as of now, there is no reliable sense of when the threat, and the turmoil it brings, will end. Nor is there any sense of agreement…
