As we begin the year 2018 together, my prayer is that we will all be challenged in the faith demonstrated by some of our great biblical heroes from the past. May many of their noble characteristics reveal to each of us a worthy challenge in the coming new year. As they before us, let...
The entire world is gearing up to celebrate Christmas! But isn’t it amazing and incredible that many people who take time off to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ neither follow after nor believe in Him? There are many people who are going to celebrate Christmas and talk...
This universe is so vast that it staggers our feeble intellects when we begin to think about it. For example, our universe stretches so far that it takes light, traveling at 186,282 miles per second, 10-13 billion years to make the journey from one end of the known universe to the...
When I have an opportunity to visit some of our senior adults in their homes, a hospital, a retirement center, or a nursing home, I am struck when they talk longingly about the privilege to participate in a public worship service. With this in mind, I’d like to modify slightly a...
November is when Americans traditionally celebrate the Thanksgiving season. It originated from the practices of our Pilgrim forefathers, who gave thanks to God for (1) a land where they could worship freely according to the dictates of the Scriptures and of conscience, and for (2) His...
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word “zeal” or “zealous”? Do you think of a fanatic? Do you think of a zealous extremist? Would you be ashamed to be thought of as a zealous Christian? Well, before you let this subject...
The close of this month marks a significant anniversary in the life of our religious heritage: Reformation Sunday! It was on October 31, 1517, that a German, Augustinian monk from peasant descent nailed 95 theses for debate and discussion on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church. ...
From our very beginning, it has been our prayer that the members of Northway Community Church (NCC) would penetrate our community just as the early church members in Acts penetrated Jerusalem with their doctrine. And may we do so in the power of the Holy Spirit! But this will only be possible if...
I cannot remember a time when the problems of our world—all over the world—have caused people to be more unsettled than right now. In fact, we seem to be so overloaded with such a barrage of problems that we almost don’t know how to process or think through fully the challenges...
There are approximately 600,000 words in the English language. The average American has a “use” vocabulary of about 10,000 words, and a “recognition” vocabulary of some 35,000 words. When a youngster enters the first grade, he/she might have a personal vocabulary of about...