I’m sure there was a lot of confusion. Jesus and the Apostles preached Jesus’ imminent return. And then He didn’t. In today’s Bible reading*, Paul sets the record straight with these encouraging words. We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve…
I wrote this in 2019 as we were uniting two church bodies into one. I wrote that it’s appropriate to look at the prayers like the one that Paul prayed for the Thessalonian church in today’s Bible reading*. Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you. And…
I read today’s Bible reading* a few hours after I read a Facebook post from friends, Billy and Cindy Foote. In Billy’s new song, he has set the Prosperity Gospel peddlers in his crosshairs and fired his shot. Billy begins his song, “All the Wolves”, with, “I know some preacher men, men with some business…
One may wonder why we don’t see today what the First Century Church saw in terms of the revolutionary transformation of people. Going back to Acts 2, three thousand people responded to the Gospel message and were baptized. In one day! Paul warned several churches, most notably the Galatians, to beware of believing a Gospel…
Several years ago, one of my favorite videos that made the rounds on Facebook was the one of the little girl who told her daddy to worry about himself. As she struggled to free herself from her carseat, her daddy offered to help her, but she kept saying, “Worry about yourself!” It seemed that she…