It was opening day for the St Louis Cardinals! We had talked about doing this for a long time, because opening day is special. They bring in the Clydesdales to prance around the stadium pulling the red wagon. There are always some of the retired Cardinal greats from yesteryear parading around in convertibles. Then comes the current team members. The crowd is electric, the stadium full. Because the...

Maybe you’ve heard the argument of some, who claim that they like Jesus and his teaching, but reject the teaching of the Apostle Paul. Why? Because Paul appears to come down hard on women in leadership positions and comes down hard on homosexuality as a sin. The women’s liber’s out there and the gay crowd, do not like what Paul has to say. This article will not deal with women in church leadership...

“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Aren’t all his sisters with us?” Matthew 13:55-56. Such were the words of Jesus’ critics in his hometown of Nazareth. He had taught in their synagogue, they knew his family, had watched him grow up, but now, as he asserts himself in ministry, they doubt this hometown boy. “Where d...