by admin | Nov 8, 2017 | Blog
A massacre at a Las Vegas country music concert. A senseless terror attack of innocent bikers and joggers in Manhattan. And now an evil onslaught during a church service in Sutherland Springs, Texas. All within a few weeks of each other. Where can you go within America now and find peace, safety, security? Can you go socially to a country music concert? Obviously not. Can you go out to exercise on your bike or on the jogging trail? Obviously not. Can you go to church on Sunday morning at your regular place of worship? Obviously not. Let me quickly point out that peace is an inside job! It certainly has become un-peaceful in America. The world is out of control and peace is a fleeting commodity. But the reality is, just like Jesus being asleep in the lower part of the boat while a storm was raging outside, you can be at peace in the midst of a storm. Is there a common denominator to these recent tragic events which have claimed the lives of a large number of innocent citizens? Is it terrorism? Is it political? Is it lack of gun control? Is it immigration? Is it vengeance? While all of these issues and angles may play a part in these destructive tragedies, they are not the foundational premise of this cancer which has attacked our society. So what is the common denominator? Here it is — values! This can be traced to almost every ill and evil which has revealed its ugly head as a blight on our society. In Las Vegas, in Manhattan, in Sutherland Springs,...
by admin | Nov 8, 2017 | Daily Devotionals
by admin | Nov 7, 2017 | Daily Devotionals
by admin | Nov 6, 2017 | Blog
This past Tuesday a Muslim immigrant to the U. S., Sayfullo Saipov, drove a rented truck down a busy bicycle path in downtown Manhattan, New York City. This senseless evil act killed eight people and injured at least a dozen more. All of this was done in the name of religion. This 29-year-old is from Uzbekistan, a country in Central Asia. He has been living in the United States since 2010. A note found in the truck indicated that this act of terror was done in the name of Isis. It was reported that the suspect was yelling “Allahu Akbar”, an Islamic religious phrase meaning “God is greater”. Once again, our peace has been interrupted by the vile unrest of a soul that is not at peace with himself nor his god. Unsuspecting human beings have been murdered in cold blood by an individual who is cowardly, has a false foundation of religion, is motivated by a distorted ideology, and has no concept of the value of human life. What this demented terrorist did is to him an act of worship. But the worship of whom? To the God of the Bible? Certainly not. To the God of peace? Obviously not so. To the loving God of Christianity? Definitely not. But rather to a false god! When you have an ideology based on a false premise, the end result will be disaster for yourself, your soul, and those whom you inflict with the actions of your wrong ideological tenets. Is this twisted terrorist remorseful for what he did? Of course not. He’s actually proud of what he did. He...
by admin | Nov 6, 2017 | Daily Devotionals
