Author: Ben

Maybe you have seen this online recently… but if you haven’t I wanted to share this with you. What I am also saying is this was not an original thought! Honestly I am not that sharp to catch subtleties like this. Maybe that is why I like magic shows, I can never figure out how…

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. -Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount  Our society is falling apart. Our nation is more than divided there are many fractures. Smarter people than myself will write on this subject. I am sure there will be books and dissertations that will plumb…

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Paul the great church planter, pastor and theologian wrote these words to a church in Thessalonica in the middle of the first century AD. Most likely the first letter to the Thessalonians…

If I asked a 100 people, “What is the Church?” I might get 100 different answers. Everyone has an opinion. There is nothing wrong with a personal view on any subject. Regarding questions related to God, ‘what I think’ doesn’t really hold a lot of weight. When questions like these arise, I have one place…

In 1931 Tennessee Williams wrote a tragic short story about a man who forgot something important… Jacob Brodzky, a shy Russian Jew whose father owned a bookstore. The older Brodzky wanted his son to go to college. The boy, on the other hand, desired nothing but to marry Lila, his childhood sweetheart- a French girl…

I often run across stories and articles that are too long for a sermon, yet they are too wonderful not to share. Here is a little known story about the moon landing in 1969. Communion on the Moon: July 20th, 1969 by Eric Metaxas Forty seven years ago two human beings changed history by walking on…

Occasionally I run across an article that is too good not to share. This is one of them. This is written by a “local” here in the South Bay. The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence as Scott Shute discovered after the loss of his father. Faith of His…

I read a chilling statistic the other day on cnn.com… “Imagine every man, woman and child leaving home in 29 states, mostly in the U.S. West and Midwest. That’s everyone west of Ohio and Kentucky and north of Texas, all the way to California. The 158 million people in those states make up the same…