Posts with the category “christian-life”

Ron Carpenter is a pastor of a large church in San Jose called Redemption Church. He recently shared some new information on his upcoming app on his social media platforms. In the clip he says, “Ok, I...  Read More

This past week I came across a clip from a podcast of Pastor Chad Moore. Chad is the pastor at Sun Valley Church in Arizona. For a little context, these quotes from the clip are verbatim from beginnin...  Read More

A pastor from North Carolina revealed something interesting about a large mega church recently. Dr Michael Kelly of Central Triad Church said in a recent sermon about stumbling upon something Elevatio...  Read More

With the attempted assassination of Donald Trump all eyes were on the Republican National Convention. Everyone was curious about how Trump would be after a near miss of being killed . Generally speaki...  Read More

We all had the same instruction. When you were a toddler you struggled through understanding right and wrong. And you were always told to never lie. To be honest and tell the truth. So you would. You ...  Read More

Pope Francis did a rare thing this past week. Hardly ever does a pope do a sit down interview on TV. He usually meets the press in a public press conference type of manner. Yet this past Sunday, he di...  Read More

Over the last few weeks there has been a lot of talk surrounding Pastor Alistair Begg. If you haven’t heard, he was recorded on a podcast saying that he counseled one of his parishioners to attend a h...  Read More

If you are a Christian long enough, it will eventually happen to you. I remember when it first happened to me. It was Philip Yancy. I was puzzled. Shocked. Confused. He had said something in a book ab...  Read More

There was an interesting encounter that happened in Israel’s history that we can learn a lot from in our day. In Joshua, we have the record of the great Jewish leader leading Israel into their promise...  Read More

Two news stories caught my eye that came out this week. One was of a man charged with a hate crime and the other was of some protestors possibly facing up to 11 years in prison. The man accused with a...  Read More

In the movie Hunt For Red October, a Soviet submarine shoots a torpedo at the October to destroy it. Shawn Conery in some shrewd tactics sped up and drove right into the torpedo that was headed toward...  Read More

A recent article in Premiere Christianity piqued my interest in regards to repentance and salvation. Jayne Ozanne, who was a long standing member of the Church of England's General Synod and is chair ...  Read More

What do you think of when you hear someone has gone mad? Or somebody is crazy? You probably think of someone that is not in their right state of mind. A person who doesn’t have control of their facult...  Read More

As Christians we have a lot of things to focus on and do on a consistent basis. We must read our bibles, pray, serve, give and worship to just  name a few. But when was the last time you examined your...  Read More

With Halloween approaching, there are many things that come to mind. One of the things we like to do as a family is watch all the old halloween movies. The Great Pumpkin, Garfield, Arsenic and Old Lac...  Read More

How does your prayer start? Any prayer. Obviously there is the usual beginning of addressing God like; “Dear Lord”, “Jesus”, “My heavenly Father”, “God”, “Sovereign Lord” etc. etc. But what about afte...  Read More

When looking at the first sin to occur, we see a reaction by Adam and Eve that is very common. As soon as the sin happened, the Bible tells us they became aware of what they did. Once they had this kn...  Read More

What do you view as success? When something is “successful” what comes to mind? It usually has to do with one of two things; achievements or something quantitative.  A successful season for a sports t...  Read More

Republican Senator Nancy Mace made headlines a few weeks ago when she was attending the state’s annual prayer breakfast. She was running late for the event put on by senator Tim Scott. But her being l...  Read More

Back in May, two writers filmed a discussion on artificial intelligence (AI) in Lisbon, Portugal. One of the writers was Yuval Noah Harari, an Israeli author, professor and advisor to the influential ...  Read More

Recently on The View panelist Whoopi Goldberg made a very interesting statement. The discussion on the show was about Rep. Zooey Zephyr, a biological male who identifies as female. Zooey was banned fr...  Read More

For over two weeks there has been a “revival” at Asbury College. What started out as a normal chapel service has turned into a worldwide phenomenon. Fox News reported, “The movement began after studen...  Read More

The 63rd Grammys just came and went this past week, but not without a lot of controversy and headline news. It is not every day that politicians take the time to comment on something like an award sho...  Read More

Did you miss the holiday this past week? Is February 3rd marked red in your calendar? Did you even know it was a day that commemorated anything? Neither did I! Yet every February 3rd is remembered as ...  Read More

It is usually this time of year that people think about starting new and fresh. New Year’s brings about a feeling of starting over. Whether it is life goals, getting healthier or working on your relat...  Read More

In Panama there is a Catholic celebration called Festival del Cristo Negro. Thousands of people make a pilgrimage to see a black Jesus statue. According to Wikipedia, “The statue is a wooden statue of...  Read More

The world took a pause this week in response to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Her death has brought the English monarchy into the spotlight as her eldest son Charles becomes King. The Wall Street J...  Read More

The state of Kentucky has been in the news over the past week due to historic flooding in the area. Other states such as Ohio and West Virginia have also been affected, but Kentucky has taken the brun...  Read More

Like a dog that returns to his vomit, is a fool who repeats his folly. (Proverbs 26:11) A verse like this could make some Christians cringe. Vomit is so improper and dirty to have in the Bible. In ou...  Read More

Ever go through periods of your life where you question God’s love? Maybe you just don’t feel it or sense it? Or you think He is not happy with you at this moment? He is instead frustrated or aggravat...  Read More

I remember sitting in the back of the classroom. There were two other students with me at the table. It was the third grade at Our Lady of Pompeii. We three were the outliers of the class. The teacher...  Read More

 I remember sitting in class hearing the same theme over and over again. It kept creeping up in all of my criminal justice courses. At first I didn't recognize it, but it became more and more apparent...  Read More

I could smell it as I was driving down the road. The cheese! The pepperoni! And the banana peppers! I could see it in my mind. How picture perfect it would look!! The cheese melted. The crust is the r...  Read More

What kind of films do you like? Action, drama, horror, romance, comedy? We all like various film styles for various reasons. My favorite film style is noir. No, that is not a misspelling. My favorite...  Read More

 On Sunday December 19 the First Baptist Church of Dallas had a Christmas celebration during their service. According to Pastor Robert Jeffress, “The focus of the music and message this Sunday will be...  Read More

Think of something that is very difficult for you. It will be different things for different people. Maybe you have difficulty with mechanical things. So your lawnmower won't start and you don’t even ...  Read More

The story of the apostles in the boat with Jesus when a storm came is very popular. There have been many articles, books, Sunday school lessons and sermons on this story. We have focused a lot on the ...  Read More

It is one of those events that you will never forget if you were alive when it happened. My parents talked about the day Kennedy was assassinated. Grandparents talked about the day Japan attacked Pear...  Read More

 A number of years ago I was challenged to end our morning services differently than how I was doing it. We always closed with a prayer and then a hymn. But there still has to be something more. It is...  Read More

A couple of weeks ago christian musician Matthew West came out with a new song titled “Modest Is Hottest”. It was a cute, funny song about an overprotective father not wanting his teenage daughter to...  Read More