Mainspring of Christian Living

After his resurrection from the dead Jesus met his disciples in Galilee. While Matthew specifically mentions the eleven, this mountain in Galilee may also be the place where 500 of Jesus’ brethren saw him at once (Matthew 28:16-20 and 1 Corinthians 15:1-11). The eleven worshiped [...]

Ties are so Cool

Once I had an interesting providential concurrence of events respecting the wearing of ties. First, in a men’s class brothers discussed attire at church. For about 15 minutes of the class there was a very serious discussion about the importance of wearing a tie, especially when participating in the [...]

Spiritual Nutrition Power Pack

My son showed me a container of vitamins and minerals packaged just for men. You’ve also probably seen the many different kinds of nutrition power packs on the markets; advertising to be the right combination to keep you strong, healthy and active for life. It all reminds me of an article I read [...]

Flesh is Flesh and Spirit is Spirit

Jesus explained to Nicodemus, “That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” (John 3:6). Later Jesus compared the one born of the Spirit to the wind: “The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, [...]

Old and New Ways

How we serve God matters to God. In the Christian faith we are called to serve God in the new way of the Spirit rather than in the old way of the written code (See Romans 7 and 8; 2 Corinthians 3; Galatians 5 and Colossians 2). The Law of Moses was God’s [...]