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“Fighting the Good Fight”

I was hunting in Montana in one of our favorite spots that after a while you realize are several people’s favorite spots.  As the sun was coming up and I was anticipating elk on every hill when there came a…

“Doubt: Faith Looking for Answers”

            Is doubt sinful? I’m very thankful the Bible addresses doubt on several occasions, because it’s an issue all of us—no matter how resilient our faith feels at the moment—will experience. In this week’s passage from Matthew 11, we learn…

The Presence of God

John G. Paton missionary to the New Hebrides Islands in the 19th Century tells of an incident where he felt the presence of the Lord the most in his life.  He had landed on the islands to find the people…

The Narrow Way

Anne Brontë 1820 –1849 Believe not those who say     The upward path is smooth,Lest thou shouldst stumble in the way,     And faint before the truth. It is the only road     Unto the realms of joy;But he who seeks that blest…

“Would It Help?”

            Sometimes a simple question can prove profoundly helpful. I remember watching the movie Bridge of Spies several years ago and listening to this dialogue between Brooklyn lawyer James Donovan and his defendant Rudolf Abel after what Donovan perceived as…

“GENTLE, RIDING ON A DONKEY”

Palm Sunday is celebrated by Christians all over the world as the day that Jesus fulfilled prophecy of Zechariah 9:9 “Behold your King is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, humble, and mounted on a donkey,…

Lust, the Gift Thief!

“Lust is not the result of an overactive sex drive; it is not a biological phenomenon or the by-product of our glands. If it were, then it could be satisfied with a sexual experience, like a glass of water quenches…

Anger or Glorifying the Lord?

Bruce Goodrich was being initiated into the cadet corps at Texas A & M University. One night, Bruce was forced to run until he dropped — but he never got up. Bruce Goodrich died before he even entered college. A…