I imagine there are a few of you who have pet peeves, and that I am not alone in this department. If that is true then maybe you can empathize with me to a degree. One thing that really bothers me...
Is there a God? Man upon earth has no more profound question than this: “Is there a God?” It is a question that must be answered. Its answer will dictate how life is lived. Is it to be lived with no thought of an...
Try to look on the bright side when facing life’s challenges Thomas Edison is a man remembered for many of the conveniences we now enjoy. His work on the phonograph, motion picture cameras, the microphone and the telephone receiver are all to be well remem...
Tolerance should not mean mandatory acceptance There doesn’t seem to be a more sensitive issue in the news today than the topic of gay marriage. I tend to sit on the fence with this one. I am morally opposed to gay marriage as I am to homosex...
Nothing wrong with celebrating American and Christian holidays Christmas is it Christian? Sort of an odd question isn’t it? Despite the fact the holiday has an obviously Christian name — designating it as a mass in special honor of Christ — many object to it...
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once mo...
It can be a very frustrating world to live in. With all the seeming inequality, injustice, pain and suffering, it’s easy to become insensitive, if not downright indignant, toward the reality of t...
Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. (Col. 2:16 (ESV) It seems holidays these days are under attack...
Solomon learned that “to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy...” (Eccle. 2:26). Isaiah taught his Hebrew brethren, “with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells o...
We celebrated my grandma’s 90th birthday this week. Bernice Dean Beckstead was born in her parent’s parlor in American Fork on Sept. 29, 1918. She was the sixth of 10 children of a produce peddler ...
The 21st of September kicked off a celebration in honor of the Reformation in Germany. This celebration is called the “Luther Decade.” One might surmise that the focus will be on Martin Luther, t...
Jesus made it plain that just claiming to be God’s person is not sufficient (Matt. 7:21). Nominal Christians will be disappointed in the day of judgment, because to be saved, we must truly be his d...
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, [2] for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. (Proverbs 3:1-8) “Do not forget my teaching,...