18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.-2 Corinthians 4:18- What are you living for? Really living for? Most people are so busy making a...
James 1:17-27I would like to share in this article my sermon last September 17. Someone has said that living the Christian life is not difficult; it is impossible-that is, without the power of the holy spirit.Never has that statement been truer than today. It is never...
By the time you read this article, I will be, together with my whole family, on our way to Philippines. Our flight will be on July 3. But, the most significant thing is, beginning July 1st, we will be joining the Global Methodist Church. Gladbrook UMC will now be...
Among the qualities we must admire in others (and hopefully to be admired and found in ourselves) is FIDELITY. Perhaps fidelity is so admired because we experience it rarely. I firmly believe that the issues and problems besetting the church in our time is connected...
14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?-James 2:14- Faith, like human body, needs to be active. Faith needs exercise and a prudent diet. But like human body, faith can grow fat, lazy and clogged....
24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.-John 5:24- The passing of a year, like buds in spring, offers hope anew. There is something about the...
