When I became an Usher at our Church, I was given a red sports coat to wear while I was serving, it was like a uniform. With ushers of all sizes and shapes, both men and women, wearing different clothes, it made us look the same in that one way. The color of the sports […]

It’s Valentine’s Day in China, at least for the Americans living here. Frantic searches are underway by those who waited too long to buy gifts or completely forgot. It is an opportunity to express our love to those we hold most dear or to wish we had if we disappointed them. This is not the

“in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, …despisers of those that are good,… lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof… of this

This subject has been showing up a lot lately. It’s an obvious goal, so why do we blow it? Does the flood of images we see on television and the internet make an unclean heart seem normal? Maybe it’s the popular “Have-it-your-way” messages we get at Church that puts the stamp of approval on our

There is an old saying, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink” that is hard to understand. If you offer a horse what he desperately needs, why wouldn’t he take it? We use that saying too often because people don’t always accept what is good for them. My wife