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In the Victor Hugo book Les Misérables, the protagonist Jean Valjean, after being released from prison, eats a hearty meal at a church provided by its staff and then spends the night.  He arises early before anyone else and departs the building with silver utensils belonging to the church in his possession.  French police see…

This title is borrowed from a book by Alvin Plantinga. In it he discusses exactly the assumption addressed by Pastor Lawrence this past Sunday, the idea that a loving God would absolutely NOT allow evil. It may be hard to wrap our heads around, but might there not be greater concerns to God than the…

NextGen Pastor Andriel Diaz shared a bit of his personal testimony this past Sunday, closing out the series of “Where the Tree Grows” and what I would characterize as “God’s choices, which seem unlikely to man”.  Pastor Andriel’s sermon reminded me of the Roman centurion Cornelius, as described in Acts 10.  In response to the…

The relentless drive in our contemporary political environment to push people into one of two groups is largely centered around ideas of responsibility. Who are we responsible to? Who are we responsible for? Within Christian circles, we find this same division. We would ALL probably answer that we are responsible to God, but one group…

As Christ-followers, we Mosaics are not of this world.  It has always been so for those that have the Spirit of the one true God living within them  We have always had the choice of living according to the standards of the world or living according to the standards of the Spirit, that is, exhibiting…

Who is dividing and who is conquering? Sometimes it is not the same person. This past Sunday, Pastor Harry shared the soaring story of a church with which he had worked. They were attempting to work in an urban area, and of course, there were racial and social divides.  The answer of who was, and…

Many of us may remember learning a children’s song in Sunday School growing up called, “Deep and Wide.” It was intended to remind us of the depth and breadth of the love of God. If you are not familiar with this little ditty, here are the lyrics: Deep and wide, deep and wide There’s a…

2 Timothy 4 (NIV): In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when people…

Say what?? There are a lot of big names, and big interpretations, for what has come to be known colloquially as “the end times.” There’s Post-millennialism, Preterism, Partial Preterism, Pre-tribulationism….the list goes on. Some people are fascinated by the subject and love breaking out charts. Some have been traumatized as children by relentless speculation on…