On August 18th, 2005, my wife and I were double blessed with the birth of twin boys. The first, Kendall, was born at 6:51 pm and the second, Jackson, arrived exactly 10 minutes later at 7:01 pm, adding to our already blessed family of a 3 year old, Jordan. As soon as the twins were delivered the doctors informed us that they believed that ours were identical twins. Fraternal twins or dizygotic twins, is the result of two different cells being fertilized. This leads to the... Read More
It seems to me that everything should crescendo to this important part of the church service. It’s Selah time, the Holy pause. This is a time for reflection and a chance to respond to what we’ve experienced and heard. Countless times, after the Hammer (Jer. 23:29), had broken up my heart, the altar service became the hallowed [...]
The receding waters of the 2005 tsunami and hurricane disasters left behind not only tremendous devastation but newfound evidence of the capacity of concerned people to help their fellow man like never before. Within days of the natural disasters, the Western world responded with unprecedented giving totaling billions of dollars. Perhaps the most crucial gift [...]
It seems to me that everything should crescendo to this important part of the church service. It’s Selah time, the Holy pause. This is a time for reflection and a chance to respond to what we’ve experienced and heard. Countless times, after the Hammer (Jer. 23:29), had broken up my heart, the altar service became the hallowed [...]
Psalms 24:1 declares, “The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains,” and in 1 Corinthians 4:7, Paul asks, “And what do you have that you did not receive?” God owns everything and all blessings come from Him. We are to be good stewards – managers – of the many blessings for which we should be thankful. [...]