Coronavirus, Vaccinations, Mandates and the Mark of the Beast
I am not going to say too much about the virus itself. Coronavirus remains a mystery as to where it originated. It has caused incalculable damage to economies, individual livelihoods. It has brought education challenges from kindergarten to graduate school. The virus has caused economic hardships, disunity and contention among family and friends. The heavy burdens of sickness and death has affected all of us. Then came the vaccinations; so rapidly developed and distributed. You all are aware of the popular news reports with their uniformed, coordinated messaging urging everyone to get the vaccination. Hopefully, you are doing your own
Decisions…Decisions…Decisions
On His way to Calvary, Jesus declared to His disciples, and to you and I today, “And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe (John 14:29). He was foretelling of His soon apparent demise at the hands of the Roman state power inspired by the religious leaders of His day. Shortly thereafter, He also foretold of the destruction of His beloved city, Jerusalem, with its magnificent temple which was the pride and joy of His countrymen. As He and His closest disciples sat upon the mount of
One Race…Many Colors
America was born out of a revolution against social injustice. Its birth certificate is signed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. However, the flawed men who were inspired by Creator God to create and sign that divine document failed to live up to its precepts. The result was another nefarious form of social injustice, slavery. There were then, and still are now, those who insist that all men are not created
I am saved: Now what?
There is a popular, overmastering doctrine that has enveloped the Christian world. Many pastors, professors, leading evangelical ministers and untold millions of professing Christians have warmly embraced the concept of Once saved, Always saved. They have gone so far as to brand it with the sacred sounding name of the doctrine of Eternal Security. The idea of this doctrine rests on the belief that once a person claims to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior, there is nothing else that is required of them. Its proponents boldly proclaim that all a Christian needs to do is to continue to sing
What did you say?
Some time ago, when I was on a mission trip to my native country, Guyana, I encountered an experience that filled me with pity and sorrow. It was on a Sunday morning, my wife and I were at the local market getting our weekly supply of fresh fruits and vegetables. As we exited the market, we were bombarded with some very loud shouting, screeching and babbling. These rather unearthing noises were superseded by the voice of a woman who was shouting rather uncontrollably and proclaiming a litany of indiscernible utterances. It turned out that these noises were coming from a
No Need To Fear
The people had just been abundantly fed with the precious truths of His kingdom. He had been feeding them all day with the words that satisfy their souls about the beauty and majesty of His kingdom and His plan for their lives. As the evening approached, the sun began to set. It radiated its glowing crimson rays upon the mountainside dotted with an unnumbered cast of characters of every walk of life. Men and women of every craft and trade, pertaining to the fishing and agricultural culture from which they came, paid their rapt attention to the Divine Teacher. On
