The unpredictability of life can oftentimes put us on “edge,” making us hesitant, cautious, and even fearful. When we don’t know how things will turn out, our imagination, however rooted in education and experience, works to create alternate “endings” to the current chapter in our lives. Generally, these only contribute to our angst. We areContinue reading “The God of Peace”
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We Need Truth
Over 2,700 years ago Isaiah, the prophet, wrote “judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter” (Isaiah 59:14). The foundation of any and every civilized society is truth. Relationships require truth to prosper and society is nothing more than the collective reflectionContinue reading “We Need Truth”
The Test of a Man’s Character
Someone wisely said, “The test of a man’s character is what it takes to stop him.” Life is full of challenges, difficulties, frustrations, disappointments, and setbacks. Such things are woven into the fabric of our very existence. No one is exempt from these trials and tribulations – great or small. They inevitably, regularly, and frequentlyContinue reading “The Test of a Man’s Character”
The Simple Message of the Gospel
Paul had instructed the Corinthian believers how that the world, i.e. unregenerate mankind, could never find God by its own wisdom (I Corinthians 1:21). God had ordained it so. The knowledge of God begins with receiving the testimony concerning his Son, Jesus Christ. And so, Paul writes “it pleased God by the foolishness of preachingContinue reading “The Simple Message of the Gospel”
Is the LORD Among Us?
Not long after God had delivered his earthly people, the Jews, from Egypt by his great power and led them by Moses through the parted waters of the Red Sea and after He had sweetened the waters at Marah and provided manna for them in the wilderness to eat daily, the people once more becameContinue reading “Is the LORD Among Us?”
There is a God!
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). Many of us would recognize that this is the first verse in the Bible. That is, this is how the Scriptures open or begin. It is interesting to note that the Bible does not begin by arguing for the existence of God. InContinue reading “There is a God!”
Follow Truth!
Over 2,500 years ago God sent Isaiah the prophet to his people to condemn them for their hypocritical worship and disobedience to his covenant. The people had out of convenience spurned God’s truth and followed their own pernicious ways. On one occasion of censoring Israel’s impudent self-righteousness, Isaiah proclaimed woe on their wicked posturing. “WoeContinue reading “Follow Truth!”
Thou God Seest Me
God had promised Abram (He had not yet changed Abram’s name to Abraham.) a seed yet Sarai, his wife, was barren. She schemed to secure that seed through Hagar, her maid, by giving her to Abram. When Hagar conceived, Sarai dealt harshly with her and Hagar fled into the wilderness. There God spoke to herContinue reading “Thou God Seest Me”
Men Ought Always to Pray
Solomon, universally agreed to be a very wise man, made this simple observation, “If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small” (Proverbs 24:10). The strength he speaks of is an inner strength, a strength that both motivates and sustains even in the midst of great difficulty. Adversity conversely has a wayContinue reading “Men Ought Always to Pray”
Dealing With Uncertainty
Uncertainty seems to blanket the landscape of our lives no matter where we turn. We are uncertain when the virus’ cloud shall be lifted from our society. Frankly, we are uncertain as to how we shall even recognize its removal and how we shall go about restoring order once more to our communities. We wonderContinue reading “Dealing With Uncertainty”
From the Chaplain 