Let me start off with a statement that some might find difficult to swallow, “God allows temptation and trial because they can be good for us.” Now for some of us, this might be difficult to accept. How can a loving God allow difficulties in our lives that can cause us to struggle, fall and…
How many here know how to swim? When I was growing up, I wasn’t afforded the opportunity like many to take things like swimming lessons and the such. That means today, as an adult, I’m not very comfortable around deep water. When I was a young teenager I was playing out on the docks of…
This past weekend, the father of one of our congregation members passed away. It brought back a lot of memories for me as I pondered when my own father passed away almost 12 years ago. Death is a part of life just as much as birth. Pain and sorrow are just as much a part…