3½ minute video: https://fb.watch/fYzbVzaUEx/ When composing a Statement of Faith, where would you start? What would take first priority? What would logically follow? Appropriate in my mind, after describing God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit, we make an affirmation about the Bible itself. “The Old and New Testaments, inerrant as originally given, were verbally inspired…

3 Minute Video: https://fb.watch/fRUdZYwasC/ Christians seem to differ on their practical understanding of the Holy Spirit. Some describe the Holy Spirit as though they are boldly shouting. Others refer to him as though they are cautiously whispering. Still others seemingly overlook him by emphasizing Father, Son, and Holy Bible. The Holy Spirit, however, is a person,…

Three Minute Video: https://fb.watch/fO-Sn173Q4/ If it’s challenging to describe God in one sentence, it’s more challenging to describe Jesus Christ. Our Statement of Faith takes six sentences. I’ve separated and titled these six sentences and added a brief explanation. His identity: “Jesus Christ is the true God and true man (Philippians 2:6-11).” In Jesus Christ,…

VIDEO 3-MINUTES – https://fb.watch/fJp7luGorY/   A mother found her young son drawing a pencil sketch. When she asked what he was doing, he answered promptly and with considerable pride, “I am drawing a picture of God.” His mother gasped, “But you cannot do that. No one knows what God looks like.” “Well,” the little boy replied…

3-MINUTE VIDEO LINK: https://fb.watch/fGb4BPRw_h/   A recent Christianity Today article (September 19, 2022) detailed how adults in the U.S. are moving away from orthodox understandings of God and his Word year after year. For example, the percentage who agree that “the Bible, like all sacred writings, contains helpful accounts of ancient myths but is not…

Where do you live most of your life? In the past, the present, or the future? A senior adult might think most about the past. They remember the good old days. When they look at their personal future, they see how short it is. They don’t want to think about that. A young person might…

Hundreds of millions of people around the world do crossword puzzles, play word or number games, or participate in puzzles on their computers, phones, or tablets. Why? Could it be that we’re faced with so many unresolved problems every day that we find satisfaction in solving something? Our lives often seem controlled by people and…

As we enter into a new season – the start up of school, the coming of fall, the beginning of a new chapter in life – we can all benefit by dealing with our past. The past shapes our experience in the present. But unless we make conscious choices to deal with our past, we…

Absolutes, distinctives, convictions, preferences – four aspects of our beliefs. Let me illustrate. From our own tradition, from its inception, the Christian & Missionary Alliance was interdenominational in its fellowship. Beginning in 1883, a group of dissimilar people were intent on a common purpose. Henry Wilson was a scholarly Episcopalian pastor. Kelso Carter was an…

A Facebook friend recently posted a montage with the caption: “Christians. We’re not all the same.” When we think of historic or global Christianity, we see a lot of diversity. At the same time, “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord,…