“Anyone for a drink?” US Army Medics like me in the early ‘80’s, always knew of the dangers of heart, liver and kidney disease resulting from alcohol and drug abuse. We were also subjected to hours of video sob stories of men who lost the respect from family and friends, lost their wives, lost their […]
“So… if all things “are become new,” then why do I continue to wallow in the despair of my old life? I like how the King James Version puts 2 Corinthians 5:17: “Therefore if anyone be in Christ, (s)he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new!” This […]
Whatever happened to the “H” word? A very popular rock band continues to chime, “Hell is no bad place to be – all of my friends will be there…” The only time we ever hear the “H” word these days is when it’s used to emphasize a joke, or to alert the media when we’ve […]
Let’s Try to Get Along The Bible is full of great tips and instruction to help us get along with one another. Why? Well, because since the Fall, it has been in our nature to be at war with one another, and we will be in this struggle until we each take our last breath. […]
By Brett Gordon When I became a Christian on December 6, 2005, I soon realized that this would become the kiss of death to my marriage. My second wife wanted nothing to do with Christ or the Church, and eventually, that also meant me too. Divorced three months later and then laid off from a […]
This request was sent to me by a friend and brother who is an exclusive psalm singer: “When you get a chance could you please read Isaac Watts’ Preface which is found here: http://www.ccel.org/cceh/archives/eee/wattspre.htm, and this article on Isaac Watts by the Associated Reformed Church found here: http://www.americanpresbyterianchurch.org/?page_id=893? ?” I admit I just glanced through these […]
This topic does not go over well with mainstream Christians today (and close your eyes, because I’m going to use the “S” word – “suffering”) but I’ve learned that to be completely and utterly annihilated by God is good. It’s painful to feel so wretched when we suffer, but it’s where we need to be because […]
The Apostle John’s final words are, “Keep yourselves from idols.” (1 John. 5:25) People, more than things, tend to become our idols. We are desirous or jealous or envious of them. We need them in various ways, principally to make us feel good: to be loved, needed, valued, worthy, to be…. served. All of these […]
Characteristically, June is Black Fly month in the North Country. This is no less true at the summit of East Haven Mountain, where Shiloh’s “smaller” sister lodge sets. For some reason, there are very few flies present this season. At that elevation deer flies, greenheads and mosquitoes are rare in any year, but it is nice […]
My concern with a separate worship service for kids is that it seems to be both a surrender to their (and to our culture’s) insistence that they be regarded as a subculture, as well as an enforcement and perpetuation of it. It drives the wedge deeper into an already divided family and church while advocating […]