Mark Twain once said, “Lord save us all from … a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.” How true it is. Life loses its fragrance without hope and that can lead to depression. Faithful people down through time have struggled … [Read more...]

The Kingdom of God – An important Element of the Gospel The world has been successively ruled by kingdoms. From a biblical perspective we see this clearly outlined by Daniel as he explains to the Babylonian king the contents of the king’s dream. … [Read more...]

Greetings, Gridlock in the physical realm, such as we see within politics today, more often than not is deadlock. Nothing will change until a compromise is struck. And compromise, by its nature, inevitably leads to the further denigration of … [Read more...]

The life of King David is recorded in some detail in scripture. His strengths and weaknesses are laid bare for us to see. The overall sense that we gain from his life is that he was a man after God’s own heart (Acts 13:22). This tells us a great deal … [Read more...]

Greetings, I was thinking about unity and where it comes from and what unity is anyway. A definition is: something joined as a whole. We all crave more unity. We would like to see our nations, our local communities and particularly our churches … [Read more...]

GOSPEL – The Good News of Salvation A powerful message seen throughout the Bible is the message of salvation. The Bible introduces us to a perfect creation. We are told that in God’s estimation it was “very good.” God rebuilt this perfect earthly … [Read more...]

I wanted to take a few minutes and provide an update on the Church of God – The Father’s Call organization structure. One of the strong beliefs that we have held as we began organizing as a group, was the need to be very careful of mixing the normal … [Read more...]

Greetings, I recently read an interesting observation in regard to human conduct. “We have the liberal freedom of unrestrained personal behavior.” This is an intriguing statement for members of God’s Church to consider. Liberal freedom is usually … [Read more...]

Greetings, Perspective is a marvelous thing, isn’t it? One of its many definitions is: a true understanding of the relative importance of things; a sense of proportion. If we hear a child or a grandchild cry in a particular way, we can know if … [Read more...]

Greetings, Recently I have had the opportunity to visit several church areas and spend time with a number of members. Many are experiencing stressful trials and difficult circumstances in their lives. We are reminded by some of the apostle Paul’s … [Read more...]