Pastor Column-With Jesus, it's an adventure you win
Children have absolutely no problem being creative in everything, whether it is eating, putting on clothes or coming up with a fantastical world in which to play, invent and conquer.
Pastor Column-Dad wants to explain God to autistic son
Q: I have a son with autism. Many people with autism are concrete thinkers, who can’t understand abstract concepts (things they can’t feel, see, touch or experience directly). How do I explain God and heaven to my son? What happens to people with disabilities who don’t believe in God simply because they’re unable to understand? — S., via godsquadquestion@aol.com
Pastor Column-Why do we so often persist in unbelief?
What peace is there in the world today? What peace is there in your life? Know this: The peace that God gives is not the absence of conflict in the world. It is the soul’s rest upon absolute confidence in God, even amidst troubles.
Pastor Column-What does it mean, to be a Christian?
Who is and who is not a Christian? That seems to be a question of some interest these days, and it generates many, sometimes conflicting, answers.
Pastor Column-The best of modern morality is rooted in the Bible
Q: The entire realm of human morality was not brought to mankind by biblical religion. What was brought by biblical religion was the first religious intolerance and religious wars — the whole one God grandiosity.
Pastor Column-Just following Christ: The asceticism of love
‘Christianity is an ascetic religion.” When I first heard this statement I was shocked, and a bit upset. I certainly disagreed with it and hoped it was not true.
Pastor Column-Jesus is alive, now he wants you to live
Did Easter awaken anything spiritual in you? Were you moved to any new epiphany? Upon rereading how the crowd clamored, "crucify him, crucify him!" were you unnerved, shaken?
Pastor Column-What a difference a day can make!
The sun crawled through a crease in the clouds to peek at a somber planet. Agony was painted all over the dashed hopes of the people who lived there. Hadn't it been just a week before when children shouted his praises and people paved the route for his celebrated his arrival in Jerusalem with palm branches and even their own garments? How could it all go wrong so quickly? Now that their leader had been executed, their dreams for a better world lay in ashes. Where would they turn? Who would understand their feelings?
Pastor Column-Holy Week: The most dramatic in history
I love a parade! In fact, I love pageantry in many of its forms.
Pastor Column-So, what is Easter, why is it holy to Christians?
Easter is close at hand, and it seems to me that it would be worthwhile to say something about it for the benefit of those who don't really care much one way or the other as long as they can munch away on a chocolate bunny.
Pastor Column-We can become like those who mirror Christ
In the season of Lent, we consider our lives: where we are and where we'd like to be. We spend more time in prayer, often fast from foods and pleasures. We try to emulate the lives of people who seem further along the way, however we understand that.
Pastor Column-Demolishing spiritual strongholds? Call in reinforcements to help you
Last week, I wrote about some ways to pull down spiritual strongholds in our lives. I'll complete that topic this week.Whoever heard of going against a castle alone? King David had his mighty men; King Arthur had his knights, and even Prince Caspian had s
Pastor Column-PASTOR COLUMN - Easter makes us reflect on Christ's sacrifice
As we approach the Easter season, the hearts and emotions of Christians are mellowed by the sacrifice of the life and the Resurrection of the Lord, Jesus Christ.Shortly before Christ's betrayal, he lifted up his eyes to heaven in a pleading intercessory p
Pastor Column-PASTOR COLUMN - Spiritual strongholds call for spiritual WMDs
In international politics, the term "WMD" stands for Weapons of Mass Destruction. But the WMDs I want to talk about stands for Weapons of Mighty Demolition, because the Bible tells us that God's weapons are mighty for the demolishing of strongholds.Many p
Pastor Column-PASTOR COLUMN - We live in a community that takes care of its friends
Among the many reasons I am proud to call Walla Walla home is that ours is a community that cares deeply for the less fortunate.My previous home was in a town a tiny bit smaller than Walla Walla. There, the only resources available were from the American
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