According to a recent CBS poll (April 2014), “three out of four Americans believe in the existence of a heaven or a hell, including 66 percent who think both exist. Eleven percent believe only heaven exists. Seventeen percent of Americans don’t think either place exists.” However, there is one statistic that is missing… death. Death…
Way before I was born, Jack Webb played Sgt. Joe Friday on a popular tv show entitled “Dragnet”. Joe Friday’s most infamous catch phrase was “Just the facts, ma’am.” For the past 3 months we have been walking through the book of Ecclesiastes in search of answers to life’s toughest questions. As we close out…
Last week we looked at two trees that were placed in specific locations in the Garden of Eden. God warned man about the precious gift that he was about to be given… the gift of choice. Giving a man options is the ultimate test of love. However, any abuse of this free will to choose…
This week we will put Ecclesiastes on pause and turn our attention to Christmas. The word “advent” simply means, the coming of a notable person, thing, or event. Over the next three weeks we are going to be celebrating this season of advent by looking at the significance of how God used specific trees in…
One of my favorite quotes is a quote from St. Augustine of Hippo, one of the early church fathers. He said, “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.” We live in a world that is restless, noisy, chaotic, stressful, and at times,…
No one is immune… no one can avoid them. Jesus promised us they would come, so what can we do when they knock on our door? I’m talking about tough times. C.S. Lewis once said, “He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand.” God never promised us that He…