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Issue #145

Today is an exciting day in our church life. Why? Because we have six young people who desire to publically testify to their allegiance to Christ! They have all made the most important decision of their life! They have been made aware just who God is and who they are. They have come face to face with the reality that God is holy and righteous and they are exactly the opposite. They have accepted the fact that they are guilty…

Issue #144

I often hear the cry “That is not fair!” It is normally from children complaining about the treatment of one of their siblings. Yet if the truth be known I am hearing more and more adults complaining about one thing or another and normally it revolves around the theme of how they are being treated unfairly. Someone else is always better off than they are for some reason it is always someone else’s fault! It seems that in this time in history it is our birth right…

Issue #143

We are coming up to a Federal election in another five or six weeks … is it that long away? We will elect a particular political party to govern our nation for another four years. Day after day we hear one promise after another from the various parties in an effort to entice us to elect them. Sometimes I really tire of the games the politicians play to gain that vote. And I tire hearing one politician after another trying to destroy the character of their political…