Live a Life Above the Noise

Mark 4:39 (NKJV) ‘Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. ‘  Peace, I think, is such a foreign, no… a forgotten concept.  As I go about my day to day life, I am...

A Fine Example

1 Peter 5:1-4 (NASB) ‘Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed, shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion,...

REST

This past Sunday, I had the privilege of attending service at Third Reform in Pella and hearing a much needed message from Pastor Kevin Corver.  His message was about honoring the Sabbath, why and how.  Listening to his message, brought to mind a piece in which I...

It’s Time, No More Sitting on the Sidelines

Psalm 33:12 (NKJV) Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance. I believe in American exceptionalism.  I believe so, not because I believe Americans are particularly exceptional, but rather that God most certainly is....

“Give Me Liberty…”

He already did.  From the first breath He breathed into Adam, created in His image, with a mind, will and capacity to make his own choices, with liberty we were created.  We chose death.  That’s right, liberty, free will, Adam chose sin and death entered the...