The Culture of Hope Founded on Faith
The Need for Revival
Throughout the Old Testament books of Ezekiel and Hosea, the national failure of Israel is described by two prophets from two different eras. Ezekiel wrote during the Babylonian captivity describing Babylon as the tool of God’s judgment on His people. Hosea wrote more than a hundred years before, prophesying the Babylonian captivity. Both explain that Israel had failed politically and religiously because…..
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Moving Time
Last Friday we were able to move into our new house. Since then we have been organizing, finding places for our belongings, and bringing stuff from storage, some of which has been there since June. Like Christmas? Maybe, in some cases. But stressful as we try to prioritize what room needs to be set up first. Yes, unpacking the clothes is important. So are the office…..
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The LORD Is There
On Monday our escrow in Susanville closed and we spent a grueling morning emptying our house to pack up a 26’ U-Haul truck. A big thank you to the 15+ people who helped us accomplish that in a very short amount of time. Tuesday our escrow closed here, a paint crew began painting the entire interior of the house, and we off-loaded the…..
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The Lord Is My Help
“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
My help comes from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved. He that keeps thee will not slumber.
Behold, He that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD…..
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The Mystery of the Cross
In the New Testament Paul mentions the mystery of the gospel several times in a variety of settings. The one that caught my attention this week is the mystery of the gospel as preached by Paul and the other disciples.
In 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 Paul defines the gospel: “… I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye…..
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Our Fathers’ Spiritual Legacy
While packing up the garage in preparation to move, Dan came across a box he had decorated for his dad as part of the craft activities available for summer camp at Verdugo Pines in 1964. The art on the box is a multi-media representation of their church – Grace Bible Chapel, an open Bible, a mountain with snow on it, and a sheet of…..
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Be Exalted, O God
The past few weeks have been extraordinarily busy and stressful as we have been in the middle of selling our Susanville house and buying another in the Reno area at the same time. I now understand the wisdom exercised by friends who moved a couple of years ago and waited to buy in Reno until their house sold. They lived in an apartment for…..
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What Are You Looking For?
A New Year is, once again, upon us. It seems a time of reflection for many, in which the old year is reviewed for the purpose of recognizing what we need to change to make our lives better. But then those resolutions quickly depress us by their unattainability and the New Year begins just like all the others: in the same rut of…..
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The Christ of Christmas
Some years ago it was reported that a re-release of the 1965 “A Charlie Brown Christmas” television special had deleted the Luke 2:8-14 reading that is part of the Christmas program in the movie. How sad that the creator of the Peanuts cartoons, Charles Schultz, was so dishonored in the removal of such a key part of his carefully conceived story and script. But…..
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Singing “Messiah”
Tonight Dan and I have the rare opportunity of singing part of Handel’s oratorio entitled “The Messiah” with the accompaniment of the Susanville Symphony. The libretto is a compilation of Bible verses establishing the need for a Messiah, the coming of the Messiah, the Messiah’s death, burial, and resurrection, and the prophetic look at His future return. The part we are performing is the first part…..