Religion often addes burdens to people's backs, but Jesus came and relieved burdens.
08/25/2006 by Alan Smith
Change for the better only happens if our goal is Jesus and our power to change is the Holy Spirit?
08/12/2006 by Alan Smith
A joke about HMO's leads to some interesting oberservations about heaven and the fact that everyting on earth is temporary.
07/27/2006 by Alan Smith
While we don't expect to do the work to make prayer work, we must at least engage ourselves in the task we pray for.
06/22/2006 by Alan Smith
While the most expensive meal in history was billed as an overcharge on a credit card, it really is a meal provided by our sin.
06/04/2006 by Alan Smith
We often want God to be a traffic cop who only gives warning tickets.
05/27/2006 by Alan Smith
Like a mom, God forgives completely.
05/20/2006 by Jamie Shell & Brent Nidiffer
We can learn a lot about who we are spiritually from a box of LEGOs, things like unity and being built by God into something special.
05/03/2006 by Alan Smith
Jesus is our pioneer and we are called to blaze the trail for others to follow after us.
04/29/2006 by Alan Smith
So often we have the grandiose promises we've made, when in reality we won't do the small stuff!
04/22/2006 by Alan Smith
The years in marriage can sometimes mean that we take each other for granted; we mustn't let that happen.
12/30/2005 by Alan Smith
Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a grimy, corrupt little town not known for anything important.
12/23/2005 by Jamie Shell & Brent Nidiffer
Most folks don't have a clue about the meaning of Christmas.
12/16/2005 by Jamie Shell & Brent Nidiffer
So often we make all these elaborate plans and never think of allowing God room in our busy schedules.
12/09/2005 by Alan Smith
Putting off payments and not dealing with sin leads to disastrous results -- the payment always comes in.
12/02/2005 by Alan Smith
We must never take for granted the great blessings we have been given by the hand of our gracious God!
11/25/2005 by Jamie Shell & Brent Nidiffer
While starting well is important, finishing is the most important thing of all!
11/18/2005 by Jamie Shell & Brent Nidiffer
God's promises are sure because he is always faithful.
11/11/2005 by Alan Smith
A man sues God because he thinks he didn't get from God what he felt he deserved.
11/04/2005 by Alan Smith
We often take our own sin too lightly and need to be shocked into realization of how bad it is.
10/28/2005 by Alan Smith
Sometimes we just need to do things out of sense of duty to be faithful.
10/21/2005 by Alan Smith
God made men and women as complements of each other and we need each other.
10/14/2005 by Alan Smith
We must remember that faith should move us to obey and to act and to be faithful.
10/07/2005 by Alan Smith
Don't follow a blind guide dog!
09/30/2005 by Alan Smith
There are times when we are going to be rejected because we are Christians.
09/16/2005 by Alan Smith