Column Message Of Week
- What burdens do you choose to carry?
- By Pastor Tara Jenkins/Life of Christ Worship Center
- I don't know why he caught my attention; the area is replete with folks on bicycles. Perhaps it was the fact that he had a rather large adult tricycle laden with a full cart on the back. His pace was slow and steady even as the heavy winds fought him... Full story
- Embrace imperfections with perfect love
- By Joe Grinnell/Twin Cities Rescue Mission
- As I get older, it seems like I am naturally drawn to people who have some obvious issues in their lives. You know — character defects that can be easily see or identified.
As a Christian, I love people, but it seems like I love the imperfect ... Full story
- Your heart will follow what you treasure
- By Pastor Sharon Little/East Linda Pentecostal Church of God
- II Corinthians 3:15-17 talks about the heart of man. Jesus taught about heart sins. His main point was in the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh, then He states where your treasure is, is where the heart will be.
Many people have their heart... Full story
- Where do you feel most at home?
- By Berni Fricke/Faith Lutheran Church
- A teacher was teaching a class of teenagers when one of them said, "I don't like cops." The teacher said, "They're called police or peace officers." The teacher surmised the boys didn't live in a very peaceful environment, which was confirmed by thei... Full story
- Know the Shepherd
- By Peter Hall/Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Many, many years ago, the story was told of a celebrated actor/orator who was doing a reading, as such people used to do, in a theater in New York. He was very eloquent and dramatic in his delivery, and the audience gave him a standing ovation for hi... Full story
- Everlasting promise
- By Mike Frankowiak/First Lutheran Church
- Down through history, people have always tried to build wondrous things that they thought would last forever. Around the time of Jesus, people acknowledged the Seven Wonders of the World. Three of these were the pyramids in Egypt; the great and beaut... Full story
- Freedom means more than liberation
- By Rabbi Alan Greenbaum/Congregation Beth Shalom
- The Jewish world has just emerged from its week-long celebration of Passover. In its essence, this holy time is about liberation for the purpose of worshipping God. It is often misunderstood as simply being about liberation, but when one reviews the ... Full story
- Significance of Jesus' resurrection
- By Wayne Vincent/Loma Rica Community Church
- Much of the world is once again about to celebrate the central, miraculous claim of the Christian faith: the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth in the 1st century in the vicinity of Jerusalem. Is this the perpetuation of ancient imaginations and legen... Full story
- Everyone needs the last Adam
- By Michael Carling/For the Appeal-Democrat
- Every human being, without exception, is born with the imputation of Adam's sin. Everyone is born in union with Adam, identified with him, and thus mankind's common problem is its connection with Adam.
It's not just the truth that everyone has the p... Full story
- Message of the Week: God's open arms
- By Rob Christian
- One of the more famous stories in the Bible is often referred to as the parable of the prodigal son. Jesus tells of a younger brother who asks for his share of the inheritance and gets it, and then leaves home and squanders his wealth in "wild living... Full story
- What's in a name?
- Gary Moore
- How many times have you been asked in your life “What’s your name?” Certainly, more times than you can count. Have you ever been asked or told that “you should live up to your name”? Usually, that is in the context of wh... Full story
- Message of the week: Where to draw the line
- Lois Black
- As we prepare for Easter, we are considering the holes in our life we need God to fill; things that prevent us from experiencing Christ fully in our lives and what God does to fill the hole. This week we are looking at boundaries.
I realize in my re... Full story
- Jesus spreads his protection over us
- Roland Johnson
- In the scripture, Jesus speaks of his disappointment and utter heart break because his own people refused to hear and heed the summons of God to draw near, and to return home: “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones... Full story
- Don't worry about it!
- Lee Roberts
- On Dec. 7, 1941, 353 Japanese fighter planes swarmed Pearl Harbor, bringing immense destruction. Now that we know most of the details of that day, it is sobering to realize that it could have been prevented.
At 7 o’clock that Sunday morning, t... Full story
- Message of the Week: Coping with disappointments
- We have all experienced the discouragement or heart-ache that come to us from disappointments in life. Some of our disappointments dissipate after a short while. Others hang on for an extended period of time, leading at times to depression or bittern... Full story
- Message of the Week: Legacy
- Bruce Glines
- Last week I was reading a short editorial article written by James Meredith. He was writing of the rich history of the National Football League. He recounted stories of the all-time greats such as Raymond Berry, Walter Payton and Deon Sanders. He wro... Full story
- Message of the Week: Resolve to add fasting to your life
- By Bob Fromm
- It's the New Year. We ended last year with the generosity of Christmas, and we begin the New Year with a new resolve for good things. It is a good time to do such things, for God set the times and the seasons knowing we need the hope that change is o... Full story
- Differences between 2 future events
- Roy McPherson
- We have been looking at the differences between two great future events on God’s calendar, the Great White Throne Judgment of Revelation 20:11-15 and the Bema Seat of Christ (translated “judgment seat of Christ” in the Authorized Ve... Full story
- In pursuit of Jesus
- Tim Stewart
- In Philippians 3:10 the Apostle Paul writes, “That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his suffering, being made conformable unto his death.”
I think that this Scripture sums up the Christian call bett... Full story
- The day after Christmas
- Bob Fromm
- As I prepare this, it is the day after another one of my wife’s five-star Christmas dinners, and it is another great day around the table for family. The best holiday meals make for excellent leftovers.
But what was the day after the first Chr... Full story
- Show and tell
- Rick Howeth
- Do you remember when the teacher would say “Don’t forget, tomorrow it’s show and tell day” and you would talk with your friends on the way home about what you were going to take to share? When your mom would asked “How w... Full story
- Preparing for Christmas
- Victor Schreffler
- I've been researching TVs.
We’re thinking about getting one for a family gift and it’s a painfully complex process. There are LED, Plasma, LCD and LED backlit LCD TVs. Some are 3D compatible, some are smart, and all come in a huge range ... Full story
- Message of the Week: Advent preparation ... yet again
- In a recent experiment, a number of married couples were asked to juggle several things. Each participating couple was given a crystal vase, a china cup and saucer, wedding rings, a crucifix, a china doll, a soccer ball, a hand-held computer. Of cour... Full story
- Christmas is coming to the most unlikely places
- By David Turner
- As the calendar turns to December, it is obvious that Christmas is coming. The decorations are going up, classic Christmas music is on the radio and there is an expectation of renewing the blessings of Christmas. Many of us have never known a Decembe... Full story
- Message of the week: The time to ask
- Glen Raley
- Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians... Full story
- Change a life
- Rodney Waldrop
- I know it is the holiday time of year. Thanksgiving is the time we sit down with loved ones and share a meal or we give food to the ones we can help. We feel great about ourselves because we are helping the poor and hurting. I want to say “than... Full story
- Message of the Week: Hold on to hope
- By Rob Christian
- The eastern portion of our nation is trying to cope in the wake of one of the biggest natural disasters that region has ever seen. Many people are very likely overwhelmed by the damage, chaos and economic hardship confronting them. This is a time for... Full story
- Paralysis into praise
- Matt Arden
- In Luke 5:17-26, Jesus does the impossible. He takes a helpless paralytic, incapable of walking, a man who couldn’t even fetch himself a pail of water, and in a moment, reverses his paralysis into new life of possibilities and praise.
The para... Full story
- Honor or self-betrayal?
- Peter Hall
- For me, some of the most intensely moving verses in the Scriptures come from the Savior’s teachings on a quiet hill before multitudes.
It is stunning to learn that I cannot be angry, for any reason, without being in danger of Christ’s ju... Full story
- Message of the Week: Genealogy of the world
- Alan Greenbaum
- As a Jew, I am a member of a community known by many names, among them "The People Of The Book." The "book" reference, of course is to our most sacred text, the Hebrew Bible. Our tradition is to read one part of the Bible, the Torah, from beginning (... Full story
