We can be confident that Jesus is preparing a place for us - that we will live forever in a place called heaven.  The Bible describes it as a glorious place, a place where we will be in the presence of the Lord.   When we leave this earth, we are promised that we will be with Him. 2nd Corinthians 5 (ESV) states:6 So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we ar...  Read More

Agency by agency, a task force headed by Attorney General Pam Bondi, identified instances in which the religious freedom rights of Christians were denied.  A FoxNews.com article noted that the Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias "...had a clear mandate to ensure that 'any unlawful and improper conduct, policies, or practices that target Christians are identified, terminated, and rectified....  Read More

Jesus taught on the subject of heaven, saying that He would go to prepare a place for us.  He also said that He was the resurrection and the life, the way to the Father - the Bible is clear, He is the only way through which we can experience eternal life in heaven with Him.  And, it's not by doing enough good works to outweigh our bad - and certainly not based on our own righteousness.  We can be ...  Read More

While we are not saved by church attendance - certainly there are those who go to church who don't know Jesus - we see that it is an advantageous component for the body of Christ to function as God intends.  And, in order for us to maintain our connection with one another, it's important that we are spending time in the presence of God together.  Hebrews 10 (ESV) states:23 Let us hold fast the con...  Read More

Because Jesus is our Savior, we can be confident that the Holy Spirit lives within us. We are His respresentatives, His ambassadors, and we are empowered to share the love and truth of Jesus, taking His presence wherever we go.  The Bible says in Colossians 4 (ESV):2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us...  Read More

No matter where we might work, or attend school, or take part in sporting activities, or even watch children's sporting events, we take the presence of Jesus with us.  So we should act accordingly.  It's not enough to be a Christian where it's easy to behave like one, i.e., in a church setting or a Bible study.  We have been dispatched into the world to be the hands and feet of Christ, and we can ...  Read More

In 2021, the Legislature in the state of Arkansas passed the first in what has been known as a series of bills in over 25 states that would prevent gender transition surgeries and treatments to be performed on minors. A Washington Stand article laid out the timeline: even though the Arkansas bill known as the SAFE Act, standing for "Save Adolescents from Experimentation," was blocked by a federal ...  Read More

There is a hymn composed by Willam Cowper that is entitled, "God Moves in Mysterious Ways."  While those words are not found directly in Scripture, we can know that He is at work - as a more recent song suggests, "...even when you can't see Him, He's working..."  We may have our own preconceived ideas about what is occurring in a situation, one that has a seemingly negative outcome for us, but we ...  Read More

There is a tremendously special group that serves among us in the body of Christ - those who shepherd various congregations, who preach, teach, and live the Word of God, standing ready to minister to the needs of the people under his care.  Full-time, part-time, bivocational, whatever the case - it really is a 24/7 call, and we should seek to pray for and encourage those who serve in the position ...  Read More

Because of our deeply held convictions as Christians, we should ideally want our associations to be driven by our Biblical beliefs.  That includes the decisions we make in a variety of spheres of life, and I think could even be applicable to the people with whom we do business. Colossians 3 (ESV) instructs us:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in al...  Read More

Certainly, the enemy has ways in which he can get his message across.  And, we have to make sure that we are contending for the faith in all the avenues and venues where there are ideas that are contrary to Christianity that are being related. We can recognize the resources that God has given us through which we can share truth and counteract the enemy's lies. Ephesians 2 states (ESV) tells us:1 A...  Read More

By now, you may be familiar with a woman in the U.K. named Isabel Vaughan-Spruce.  She has been exonerated twice on charges that she prayed in public, violating ordiances prohibiting the practice, even silently.  The Christian Post reported: In 2023, Vaughan-Spruce, a charitable volunteer who has supported mothers in crisis pregnancies for two decades, was arrested for praying within a “buffer zon...  Read More