It’s the beauty of a deciduous tree in fall after a long hot summer. Each leaf, changing a beautiful shade of green, yellow, orange, and earth. The glow of a maple in mid-October is so vibrant that you can’t decipher one leaf from another. They all mesh together into a glowing bloom of color. There is so much beauty and promise in the leaves of fall, but that beauty fades, the vibrant colors die, ...  Read More

There is something to be said about a “good day’s work” that leads to satisfying rest. For our series in Joshua, it has all been about God using Joshua as an instrument to fulfill his promise to Abraham, Moses, and the children of Israel. God had said many years before Joshua that Israel would have their own land to raise their own families while worshipping their one, true God. That time had fina...  Read More

Main Point and Overview:The battles had been won, yet peace was only for a season. It’s a great reminder that until we get to heaven, there will be battles to fight for the Lord. For Israel, God had immensely blessed them with a new land after they had overcome their enemies. Now, there was a new enemy to consider…complacency. They had to guard against “forgetting God,” and falling for the cultura...  Read More

There is the quote that goes something like this: “The greatest trick of the devil is to convince you (the world) that he is not real.” This thought goes hand-in-hand with humanism. There is no absolute good or absolute evil, just relativism as perceived or performed by people. The world extolls that we are all basically good people. Further, when we do evil it is because we are a victim of circum...  Read More

I don’t know about you, but I sure do love shopping on Amazon. I especially love it when I log in, find something I need or think I need, and then go to the shipping portion of the check out and see the greatest words “free next day shipping” or even better “same day shipping!” Amazon, however, has taught us the “I want it now” lifestyle. Unfortunately, that “I want it now” lifestyle leads to “I w...  Read More

One of my favorite board games to play is Risk. I love strategy-type games and the competitiveness that comes with it. Relationships are definitely stretched during this game. If you've played it before, you know what I mean. It is a game where you have to conquer the rest of the world against the people you are playing against. There is only one winner, and you have to choose when you want to for...  Read More