Article: Trust God

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”  He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore,…

Whew! I am glad the baseball season is over. I am not sure my heart and my head could take much more after Wednesday night’s extra inning, game 7. Most of you know what happened, the Chicago Cubs after 108 years won the World Series. It was the longest championship “drought” of any sports team…ever….

Yes, we are now in the unknown season of Advent. Most of the world is already in the season of Christmas but not us! Most of the mainline Protestant churches and the Roman Catholic Church get ready for Christmas by entering into the season of Advent. Advent literally means the “arrival of an important person…

Long before Jesus, the nation of Israel was more of a loose confederation of tribes. There was no national government, only the 12 tribes that descended from Jacob’s sons and grandsons. The Israelites endured slavery in Egypt until God rescued them and gave them the ten commandments and the law. But they still struggled, like…

Blaise Pascal was quite the human being. Born in 1623, Pascal’s mother died when he was 3, and his father moved the family from Clermont-Ferrand, France, to Paris, where he homeschooled Blaise and his sister. By age 10, Pascal was doing original experiments in mathematics and physical science. To help his father, who was a…

If Jesus had an obituary, what would it say? If they put it in the newspaper on Saturday, would they print a retraction on Sunday? Here is one possibility… But we know the rest of the story, don’t we? This was not the end. This was just the beginning… Pr. Ben