I hate funerals.  At funerals, people say stupid things.  For example, “Look at Aunt May, she looks so beautiful and peaceful.”  Mind you that Aunt May is dead and in a coffin.  But, people want to say that she looks great as a dead body?  Then, I would hear people say, “Well Aunt May…

     It was a balmy, ninety-two degrees as we took the thirty-eight minute drive to the tiny airport in northwest Indiana.  My two young children were hearing the story of their great grandfather for the first time.  A replica of the plane my grandfather co-piloted during World War II was awaiting us at the Porter…

     It is popular belief that Lucifer, a mighty archangel, rebelled against God and was cast out of heaven.   Therefore, starting the process of evil and ruining God’s perfect creation and ever since, wreaking havoc on humanity.  I am not going to dissect the lack of support for this theory in scripture.  There are a…

     So we have looked at scripture that shows that God is sovereign and uses evil to accomplish his mission.  Now, let’s look at what God wants to accomplish or what His will actually is:  God wants (wills) all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Timothy 2:4). …

     Jesus Christ had a stated mission to accomplish while he was on earth.  The Son of God appeared to destroy the devil’s work (1 John 3:8), to seek and to save that which was lost (Luke 19:10) and to save sinners (1 Timothy 1:15).  Now, Jesus says that he has accomplished this will according…

     On a hot, humid summer night, the family of four slept quietly in their home.  It was as any other night until the spark ravaged throughout the house destroying everything in its path.  The kitchen wiring was faulty and this is where the fire began.  The flames moved through each room one at a…

     Okay, now back to the scripture that proves one day sin and death will be destroyed or rendered inoperative.  1 Corinthians 15: 22-28 might be my favorite group of verses in all of scripture.  It describes the whole plan in only seven verses.  Verse 22 starts with the comparison of Adam and Christ which…

     In Christian circles, everyone seems to have a formula for salvation that each person needs to follow.  Some believe that you need to be baptized in order to be saved, some believe you need to follow a certain set of rules, some believe you need to complete certain sacraments, some believe you only need…