Aug 6, 2014 | Christian Living, Philippians, The Bible
We live in a world today where there is increasing pressure upon the church. We can give God thanks for the enormous freedoms that we have in the United States. We’ve been an island of freedom for over 200 years, but make no mistake, there are many places in the world...
Jul 30, 2014 | Christian Living, Family, Philippians, Psalms
2My wife Sue and I love to tell stories about our 17 grandchildren, but we can never say we have 17 grandchildren when we don’t also know that two of our grandsons are already in the presence of the Lord.* One of those little boys lived nine days, and the other little...
Jul 23, 2014 | Christian Living, Family, Philippians
I remember the moment when I had to tell my mother that her cancer had returned. She’d had surgery for a brain tumor and had been undergoing cancer treatments for about a year when her legs became weak. I delivered the news to her while she was lying in bed in our...
Jul 16, 2014 | Christian Living, Culture, Philippians
The Philippian Christians were worried about the future. They were being pressured by the governing authorities in Philippi, just as Paul and Silas were when they were in Philippi years earlier. Anxiety, fear, and the loss of peace are major themes in the final...
Jun 18, 2014 | Christian Living, Philippians
The most important things in life have to do with the desire to be whole and complete in Christ. That kind of maturity comes, of course, from the Holy Spirit’s transforming us. Paul taught that we should strive for wholeness and maturity by becoming like Christ. He...
