Friday’s Feature Quote – “Finances” – 01-24-2025

“Beware of all who solicit money! There are few things we loathe more than to see those professing to be engaged in a work of faith soliciting money. We sincerely trust that many of these bogus ‘faith’ enterprises, which have for so long preyed upon a credulous public, will soon go out of business. The … More Friday’s Feature Quote – “Finances” – 01-24-2025

Thoughts On – “Hermeneutics” or “Biblical Interpretation” – 01/23/2024

Hermeneutics. Traditionally the subdiscipline of theology concerned with the proper interpretation of scriptural texts. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the term widened to include the discipline that seeks to understand the interpretation of texts in general, including the proper roles and relationships among author, reader and text. Still more broadly, the term has been … More Thoughts On – “Hermeneutics” or “Biblical Interpretation” – 01/23/2024

Interesting Reads for the Week – 01/18/2025

Mea Colpa, started this yesterday before my plumbing isses🙃 Americana, Christian Life, Culture/Society, Informed Citizenship, Informed Patriotism, Pro-Life, Military/Veterans, You Can’t Make This Up, and more. We hope you become informed readers and citizens based both Biblically and upon our founding fathers: Acts 17:10-12, 2 Tim 2:14-16, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Paine FEATURE ARTICLE W/COMMENTS Should churches allow … More Interesting Reads for the Week – 01/18/2025

Devotional Thought “Praying for Neighbors” – 01/15/2025

The last few months have seen very difficult times on both coasts of America. There have been hurricanes on the East Coast and now Fires in the West. I am sure many of you have been praying daily for those affected by these events and for all those who have served on the recovery and … More Devotional Thought “Praying for Neighbors” – 01/15/2025

Sunday Sermon Series – “Free Will”? – 01/12/2025

The idea for this post came about after reading a post on LinkedIn. The subject matter was Free Will and this statement caught my eye: God gave us free will so that we can either love Him or reject Him, but the decision is on us. That statement and many responses affirmed that the writers’ … More Sunday Sermon Series – “Free Will”? – 01/12/2025

Fallacy: God Would Not Command What We Cannot Do – 01/10/2025

COMMENT In the devotion/article below, the author makes a compelling case that to believe that God would never give us a task that we could not accomplish is inconsistent with what the Bible teaches. I would add that Romans 7, specifically verses 7-14, seems to make it pretty plain. Paul says I understand; I am … More Fallacy: God Would Not Command What We Cannot Do – 01/10/2025

Sunday Sermon Series – “The sacrifices of God” – 01/05/2024

PSALM 51 PSALM 51:17 Everyone I know, whether they are a believer or not, has some knowledge of Psalm 51. Verse 10, Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me, was made into a popular contemporary Christian song by Keith Green around 1984. There are two questions (at … More Sunday Sermon Series – “The sacrifices of God” – 01/05/2024