Text: Exodus 17:7 And he [Moses] called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the LORD by saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?” (ESV) The Third Sunday in Lent, Series A Intro. Our text for today tells us that…
The topic of abortion is dominating the upcoming 2024 US presidential election and we are roughly 50 days from said election. Since I am strongly in favor of granting unborn children the same rights as those who are already born, these observations will all be from a pro-life viewpoint. Observation 3: Forgiveness for all After…
No one does religious pomp and circumstance like the Roman Catholics. Below is a video from one of several religious processions in the city of Madrid on Good Friday, 2024. Even though temps were in the 40’s several people were walking barefoot and some had chains on their feet. As impressive as these acts of…
It’s one of the most well known verses in the Bible so it should have its own day. Today is March 16, aka 3/16, so why not celebrate this great verse today? Say it with me:“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him shall not…
It’s very common for churches to drape the cross in their sanctuaries with white cloth during the Easter season. It reminds us that when the women arrived at the tomb that first Easter morning the only thing they found were Jesus’ burial cloths. The angel told them that Jesus was not there because he had…
When it comes to cleaning out between the cushions of the couch one often finds interesting things like coins, keys, popcorn, other random stuff. But when family members of Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, went through her couch, they found something much more interesting; they found a handwritten will. Since the will that was…
June 11 is the day set aside in the church calendar to honor Barnabas, one who had experienced the grace of God in his own life and rejoiced to see God’s grace in the lives of others.
It is hard to imagine how the course of Christianity would have been different if Jesus had not appeared to a man named Saul as he was traveling from Jerusalem to Damascus to find and persecute Christians. After Jesus appeared to Saul, who was later renamed Paul, Saul changed from being a persecutor of Christians…
Pastor Vance Becker and his wife, Linda are missionaries teaching at a seminary in Kenya, Africa. One of their students, Benjamin, comes from a very dry part of Africa. Even though it is dry, there are still many animals in Benjamin’s area. Each animal had its own unique voice but there is the voice of…
Mirror Neurons 