I have said these things to you while I am still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give...

$250 Reward Lost in and round the Hamburg Area and seen close to Liberty Road Faith Fellowship Church.  He is not wearing a collar.  He is very skittish so  please do not chase him but call Animal Control or the owner. A young man came to the church recently and asked...

But God shows his love for us, because while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5: 8)        Jesus’ command to “love one another” wasn’t anything new to his disciples.  It was written in the Torah (Leviticus 19: 18), for every Hebrew man and boy to...

         Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me! O Lord, be my helper!"  (Psalm 30)      It was hard, as a young child, to talk to my Papaw, a Baptist minister in Arkansas, who spoke mostly in King James English. I don’t remember a conversation with him when he didn’t...

“Mindy*” was a single mother of three children, two of whom were twin boys. She worked two jobs and struggled to make ends meet. Her Sunday morning attendance was rare, yet she was always welcomed warmly and showered with love and acceptance. On the Sundays when she...

A wealthy man once asked Jesus, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus replied with a list of “thou shalts”  that the man already knew - and claimed to obey since he was a youth. And yet, the man was moved to question, to acknowledge that there was something...

Miss Nettie became a widow at age 27 when her husband was killed during the last days of World War II. I met her when I visited relatives in Star City, Arkansas, as a child, and remember her as a dignified “old lady” (she was in her early 60’s). When she wasn’t...

This is what the world sees. Just look at those uniform stitches and clean lines and margins. If you run your palm over the fabric, its grain is smooth and even. It isn’t complete, but you can imagine the finished product. This will be my gift to my youngest...

For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Jesus Christ. Romans 3: 23-24   A request for my forgiveness came in a recent email. The person had been carrying the heavy...