Beyond first glance

Beyond first glance

“In Him we live and move and have our being.” Acts 17:28, NIV. Intriguing statement, don’t you think? Besides good lyrics for a song, what are we to understand from it? What was Luke’s intent in writing this? Had he come to understand something of critical...
A story to tell

A story to tell

In a pamphlet titled, ‘American Crisis,’ written in 1776, Thomas Paine wrote: ‘These are the days that try men’s souls . . .’ Today, in England, France, as well as the US, these words reflect the mood of close to 500 million people. Serious consequences hang in the...
Some things never change

Some things never change

On Sunday, October 30, 1938, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) in New York aired, on Orson Welles’ radio show, The Mercury Theater on the Air, a dramatic reading, with sound effects, of ‘The War of the Worlds’ (based on H.G. Wells’ 1898 novel of the same name).The...
A different kind of army

A different kind of army

It’s almost humorous the number of times it has to be repeated in Scripture. The phrase so often heard is: ‘Do not be afraid.’ One would have to conclude that the reason for this command is that the audience was, in fact, afraid.  Jesus says it to his...
To run, to stretch, to laugh

To run, to stretch, to laugh

And on that day when my strength is failing The end draws near and my time has come Still my soul will sing your praise unending 10,000 years and then forevermore. From ‘10,000 Reasons’ by Matt Redman For children of my era, miracles happened on a daily basis. We...