Women and Their Church Clothes

As a former pastor it gives me pause to reflect upon how women dress up at church. Sometimes I feel as if I’m at some kind of fashion show. Is that what the Bible teaches? “The women adorn themselves in MODEST apparel with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or [...]

Where Are All The Elders?

As a matter of confession, I grew up in a Cumberland Presbyterian church. My dad was an elder in the church and took his position seriously. It was a small church in a remote part of the county, about 7 miles from a post office. We couldn’t afford a full time pastor, nor [...]

The Nuggets of Habakkuk

The prophet Habakkuk was very concerned with justice and the lack thereof. “The law is powerless and justice never goes forth, for the wicked surround the righteous, therefore perverse judgment proceeds” 1:4.
“BEHOLD THE PROUD, HIS SOUL IS NOT UPRIGHT IN HIM. BUT THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH” 2:4. That text is repeated in [...]

The Apocrypha- Part Two: A Chapter of Persecution Unto Death

In the Apocrypha there is found one of the worst examples of perseuction unto death that I can ever recall and it is found in 2 Maccabees 7. Jeremiah 15:9 may well relate to that text of uninspired Scripture. “She languishes she who has borne seven; She has breathed her last”. Couple that text with [...]

Joel Osteen By His Own Admission Does NOT Preach The Whole Counsel of God

On Fox News Sunday this past week Joel Osteen looked full into the camera and said that he liked Mitt Romney even though he admitted that he didn’t know much about the Mormon faith. “His Jesus is the same as my Jesus“, Osteen said unabashedly. How can he say that when the Mormon [...]