What is needed for Dad and Mom to hand off faith in Jesus to their children? Many parents feel inadequate at communicating their faith to their kids, leaving it to the church. That is not wise. Not because the church staff and volunteers don’t do their best to transmit biblical truth, it’s just that they don’t have the connection parents have, and that factor is crucial. In a recent article in Chr...

There are many places in scripture where we learn things that perplex us.  “What does that mean?” we may ask, as we scratch our head.  One of those places where scripture confuses is found in the book of Exodus as Moses is sent by God to free the Israelites.  We find these words in Exodus 7, “And the Lord said to Moses, ‘See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh….  You shall speak all that I comman...

As I browsed through the art gallery I was taken by the contrast of styles. From a more traditional painter, the Realist, there were beautiful scenes of landscape and images of buildings and people. Sometimes hidden within the picture were items of symbolism, put there by the artist to make you think, to provide more than a scene, to also provide a message beyond the obvious one. I moved on to an ...