Marxism is the problem, not the answer.

The Karl Marx solution to the problem of race was to let the strong stamp out the weak. He was a horrible racist. You can go here to see the quotes. They are too offensive to repeat here. Racism is the natural result of a godless world-view. So it is odd that an organization seeking to…

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One-Issue Voters

Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent[b] of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. (Genesis 6:5) The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt;…

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In Support of Our Law Enforcement Officers

Years ago I took a trip to Hungary to visit with and preach for one of our missionaries. One of our deacons made the trip with me. Tim has spent an entire career as a City of Phoenix police officer. On the way from the airport to the missionary home on a dark windy road…

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This is No Time for Timid Prayers

I have stopped preaching in prayer meetings. Prayer always seems to take second place unless we purposely make it the priority. This is spiritual warfare. This battle is not going to be won in the streets with torches, it is going to be won on our knees. God’s people need to get serious about prayer—about…

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God is Bigger Than This Mess

Do you ever feel like you are living in a messy, uncontrollable, and ungodly world?  Christians have always felt this way.  Sometimes it is worse than others.  It may be in the greater society or the circumstances of our personal lives. I am sure Job felt this way.  In one day the calamities fell on…

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Corporate Worship is Essential

Grace Community Church in Sun Valley California has been in and out of court for the past few weeks. North Valley Baptist Church in Santa Clara California had a “cease and desist order” posted on its doors forbidding the congregation to hold indoor services. Many other churches in California and across the country are continuing…

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If You Can Do Anything Else . . .

“If you can do anything else, don’t go into pastoral ministry.” I really wish we had not given that advice to young men considering a call to ministry. The advice was intended to communicate the idea that you need to be so committed to the call to ministry that you cannot be content doing anything…

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Asking God to Tear Up the Skies

We can’t do this.  We cannot defend ourselves let alone our God against the wickedness around us.  Evil has risen up everywhere.  Injustice rises in the false guise of justice. Satan is on the attack. The freedoms of God’s people are taken away daily. In various corners of the world, believers are martyred daily and…

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