Bible studies
How to Slay a Giant
Text: I Samuel 17:1-58 Intro: When you have a giant to slay, don’t ask Jack… Follow along as we unpack David’s great challenge from his giant? How might we measure up against ours?
Bible studies
A Study in biblical Basics
Another name for Biblical Hermeneutics It occurred to me recently that there might be some of my connections who would value tuning in to what I am presently doing weekly at Grandville Bible Church. Currently I am in the midst of a year-long Bible study based upon a former course Read more…
Scriptural Guidance
ALL THINGS DAILY |Feeding the Soul of your Teen|
What to read: I Timothy 4:7-8 Title: What were you thinking about when you were a teenager? During the earliest days of our country’s existence, in fact, before it was even a country, the American colonies were home to many godly pastors who were hard at work preaching the Gospel Read more…
Cultural Commentary
Why Climb, Conserve, and Confess is a must-have for all of Us: Part 3- Confession is better than good.
Confess Eventually, we all get in too deep. It can happen to the best of us, and often in spite of our best intentions. And that’s why after we have climbed to a higher altitude for better perspective and maximized our resources, we must return to the critical page in Read more…
Cultural Commentary
Why Climb, Conserve, and Confess Should Work for us All. (Part 2)
Having now examined something of the nature of climbing, let’s move on to the Second of Rumsfeld’s Rules as he encountered them in the cockpit of his Navy Trainer. Conserve I think we all know what conserve means. Webster defines it as the process of keeping something in “a safe Read more…
Scriptural Guidance
When Fault isn’t Failure
“It was all my fault.” As Robert E Lee surveyed the carnage that resulted from the failed effort at Pickett’s Charge, he is reported to have met his troops retreating from the defeat, with the words, “It was all my Fault.” And in fact, it likely was. The three day Read more…
Scriptural Guidance
Great cries from God’s people
If you’re looking for a short review of what I’ve said on SUNDAY, February 21, 2021, take a look!
Scriptural Guidance
Seeking The Right Middle Ground
Lately my nightly dog walks have given me time to reflect upon the difficulty associated with living in an unsettled world where everything seems to have been turned upside down. It was then that the words of two powerful pundits came streaming back to me. It was Alison Krauss who Read more…
Scriptural Guidance
Wrestle-Mania Revisited or when we wrestle with God
I must admit that during my formative years I was a fan of what was called then, “Big Time Wrestling”. As I understand it, it has gravitated toward more sophisticated names now; RAW, Wrestle-mania, and my personal favorite, “Smackdown.” I have come to wonder just how “big time” a “sport” Read more…
Scriptural Guidance
3 Points and a Poem: Never Ignore That Pain in your toe
SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW Never ignore that pain in your toe-– Today I was conversing with a friend whom I hadn’t seen in quite a while and somewhere during the conversation, he brought up a recent crisis he had endured involving his big toe. It seems while out of the Read more…