Each year the idea of the New Year brings so much optimism. There is so much hope in the newness of a fresh start. New Year’s Day brings “New Year’s Resolutions” with the hope of making improvements in our life, in our health and in our relationships. However, for many New Year’s Day has become...
This Sunday is Confirmation Sunday. The day when we celebrate our students who declare their faith in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, through their testimony. This Sunday is also Reformation Day. It is the day in which we remember when the powerful light of the Gospel broke through the darkness bringing hope to...
It has been said that we are living in a post-truth era, but what does that mean? The post truth era, as defined by oxford dictionary is, “Post-truth is defined as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” In...
Have you ever seen something so amazing that there are no words to describe what it was that you truly experienced? This is why so many of the Psalms are written as poems or songs because mere words are unable to capture the Beauty and wonder of our God. God, often, can only be explained...
One big problem we face in living in a fallen and sinful world is that often it appears that the wicked prosper and the righteous suffer. As Christians, how are we supposed to respond when we are taken advantage of for doing the right thing? Sometimes it may seem like it does not pay to...
A common problem that we all share is honesty when it comes to our own sin. It is always easier for us to condemn what others are doing but when it comes to ourselves it is easy to turn a blind eye. It has been said that the Christian faith makes no sense unless you...
When you think of the word joy, what comes to mind? For many, joy is often synonymous with happiness or contentment. You have joy at a wedding, the birth of a child, seeing the beauty of nature, spending time with your family, spouse or friends. However, the truth is that life is not always full...
A common thread in our culture today is that our worth is measured by our ability to live up to certain standards. You could say that the value system of our society is performance-reward. It is what drives us to be a better people and to work harder. Since this performance-reward system is part of...
If you bring up the topic Satan and his demons today in our culture, there are many people who would laugh at you, sadly some of them would be Christians. Many people deny the existence of a spiritual world. In the worldview of our culture the idea of a spiritual realm is in the same...
You do not have to look too far to see the evidence of people who have decided to live out “their truth”. Our culture holds to this reality: “There is no objective truth, and that truth is found within each individual”. In a sense, the only way you can experience truth is through an existential...
