Easter is Reason to Celebrate! This year in our monthly articles we are considering favorite verses from the Bible. This month’s favorite Bible verse is: John 14:19 “Because I live, you also will live.” “Happy Holidays!” Does this sound out of place in April? It doesn’t have to. This month…

The Great Exchange This year in our monthly articles we are considering favorite verses from the Bible. This month’s favorite Bible verse is: Isaiah 53:5 “He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds…

More Than Mere Roses This year in our monthly articles we are considering favorite verses from the Bible. This month’s favorite Bible verse is: John 3:16. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have…

Unchanging Hope for an Ever-changing World This year in our monthly articles we are considering favorite verses from the Bible. This month’s favorite Bible verse is: Hebrews 13:8 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” As one year ends and another begins, columnists and commentators look back…

I Need More…Joy After hastily opening the wrapped package and making the obligatory thank yous, it certainly didn’t take long to turn away from the thoughtful gift as something ho hum. Just then three-year-old Eleanor came along and stopping by the discarded item exclaimed, “Oh, my, what a beautiful gift!…

I Need More…MONEY Someone once asked John D. Rockefeller, “How much money is enough?” “Just a little more,” he answered. At the time, he was one of the wealthiest men in the world. Those who’ve heard that story and Rockefeller’s answer, usually divide into two groups: they either think of…

I Need More…FAITH “I Need More faith.” I can’t imagine any honest Christian who wouldn’t say a hearty “Amen” to that statement. Because of the common weakness of our sinful, human nature, the fervent request that a greatly distressed father made to Jesus regarding his son’s great need and his…

I Need More…Knowledge The Church of Scientology teaches that people are basically good, that their capabilities are unlimited, and those capabilities can be realized. People can also achieve new, higher states of awareness and ability. Scientology claims that the secrets to this higher knowledge can only be found in their…

I Need More…SATISFACTION “A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work” (Ecclesiastes 2:24). That is what the writer of the book of Ecclesiastes said, and he said it three different times in his book. It sounds simple enough: Somehow find the…

I Need More…SECURITY Everyone knows disappointment sooner or later. It’s that time when the car broke down, when national security was breeched, when we lost our job. It’s that time when doctors couldn’t cure us or our loved ones, our investments disappeared, friends disappointed us, when we disappointed ourselves. We…