Marriage and Adversity – the need to become friends – part II
Aug 18
Since the beginning of human history six thousand years ago, mankind has attempted to circumvent every command of God; morally, spiritually, nationally, financially and physically. He continues to fail miserably. The same holds true in the marriage relationship.
The Power of His Forgiveness
Apr 13
All too often we consider forgiveness a mysterious and spiritual transaction that, once accomplished, is a past event that has little to do with our subsequent lives.
Jesus and the Four Thieves
Dec 09
All were thieves, deserving punishment. One was a betrayer, ending his life in suicide; one was a beneficiary, though only for a time; one was a berater, destined for hell; but one was a believer, receiving salvation and eternal life. Jesus, who received the penalty for thievery, can save even the thief, for He came “that they might have life, and . . . have it more abundantly.”
The Sin of Complaining
Jul 29[Translate] “And He gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul” (Psalm 106:15). Christians who complain about their circumstances would do well to ponder this sobering verse and its background. God had greatly blessed His people, Israel, delivering them supernaturally from slavery in Egypt, protecting them against their enemies–even miraculously supplying...
What “Separation of Church and State” meant to the author of it – President Thomas Jefferson
Feb 25
"Jefferson viewed the "wall" as limiting the federal government from "intermeddling" in church government, as explained in his letter to Samuel Miller, Jan. 23, 1808: I consider the government of the United States as interdicted [prohibited] by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises. This results not only from the provision that no law shall be made respecting the establishment or free exercise of religion, but from that also which reserves to the states the powers not delegated to the United States [10th Amendment]."
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