Writings

Truly, we live in times where promises are broken, truces aren’t kept, and someone’s word is not nearly set by like it once was and still should be.  The Bible did tell us that this circumstance was coming (II Timothy 3), but one of the side effects and products of this culture is that people […]

When it comes to making decisions at the crossroads of our lives, we sometimes have a complicated rubric that we employ to decide what “should” be done, “could” be done, “may” be done, and so forth.  As the household of faith, we certainly should have the highest strain and filter with what the word of

Today’s culture sadly either wants to ignore consequences or claim that they don’t exist.  Two of the great lies that the devil promulgated throughout the general populace are: 1. What I do only affects me, and 2. It isn’t SO bad.  When it comes to right and wrong, people sadly see a lot of gray

Laying a Foundation One of the elements of life is that certain things cannot build without something in place first.  In academia, these are courses called pre-requisites that must be taken before the advanced courses can be pursued.  In a professional working career, one must understand the work on the ground before supervising the work

Beloved, What Highlights the Church? When people ask questions like, “What is the church?”  “What does the church look like?”  “How do we know if something is the church?”, there are a number of ways that one could answer those queries.  Elder Hassell gives a list of identifying marks in his history, and they are

Not every season of life is the same, and during different points of our “calendar,” things happen that are outside of the normal routine.  Admittedly, looking forward to the Camp Meeting this week and thinking about what goes into it and hoped to come out of it, the ideas of offerings and feasts in the

One of the most misunderstood events – even by many Christians and God-fearing individuals – is the end of the world (last day of time).  Many look to it in fear and dread, while others look to it in vengeance wanting vindication for all the things that they think are wrong with the world.  More

In today’s culture, there are many things vying for time, attention, and priority.  When I was a boy, I can remember extracurricular activities being mindful of people’s church life and not scheduling events on Sundays – and sometimes even on Wednesday nights.  However, today people think they have to participate in activities even if it

This world is full of events and circumstances that we both “get” and “don’t get” at the same time.  A good example of this is raising children.  Parents have been children, and sometimes we still “remember” how we felt during our growing up years.  So, on the one hand, we get what it’s like to

One of the most unique things the scope of world history has ever seen is that the Divine One stepped into terrestrial shores in material form.  Jesus asked the question to some Pharisees in Matthew 22:42 about whose son Christ would be.  They properly answered that Christ would be the son of David.  However, Christ’s