Welcome To THE NUGGET The Way Out January 23, 2021 "...we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." (2 Cor. 10:5b NIV) Last week I wrote an article on dissatisfaction and how you can be feeling ecstatic one moment, and with the entrance of one thing--something as big as the trials you are currently going through; something as tiny as a mere annoyance; and the whole spectrum of things in betwe ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Do All Religions Lead to the SAME God? January 21, 2021 It was a long flight, but the chat with the passenger seated to my right made the journey interesting. The conversation began with superficial comments, then it got a bit serious when we discussed religions. She asked me about mine and I answered. "I'm a Christian." "I believe all religions have s ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Sleepless Nights January 19, 2021 "Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches." (2 Corinthians 11:28 NIV) Like most pastors, I often wake up in the middle of the night thinking about and worrying over people in the congregation that I serve. I guess that other professionals -- doctors, teachers, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and counsel ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Dissatisfaction... January 16, 2021 Are you feeling less than satisfied these days? Join the crowd. What with political turmoil all around, mass shootings on the rise, demonstrations in countries we rarely even hear about, fires raging out of control all across Canada, the United States, Australia, etc.... It seems that every time you turn on the news, there is never anything good. And we've said yet nothing about climate contr ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Renewing of Your Mind January 14, 2021 We are already fourteen days into the new year. More than likely, by this time, you have had difficulties with your phone. Maybe it's run out of storage space, but whatever it is, the only suggested "fix" is to reset it. The problem is, if you do so, you will lose everything in the phone! Many of us made New Years resolutions. However, for most ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Determined to Destroy January 12, 2021 "But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." (Matt. 24:37-39 KJV) ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET I'm the Boss January 9, 2021 I'm the boss... And I have my wife's permission to say so! I have often heard this said, and each time it makes me smile as images of the wife wearing the trousers float through my head.... As I was thinking about this saying this morning, it occurred to me that I don't particularly like having people in authority over me.... It makes me ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Exercise Your Soul January 7, 2021 "Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come." (1 Tim. 4:6 NLT) Almost every morning for the last 25 years I have exercised my body. It is nothing too strenuous. It is just a light workout to maintain my health. I don't do it to look good or to compete in some sport. I jus ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Bound? Or Boundless? January 5, 2021 When the clock struck midnight and ended an era in 2019, we reveled in the endless possibilities and the marvel that 2020 could bring. There we were in 2020 with all our plans on hold as this world wanders around in uncertainty. Uncertainty over life, health, jobs, the economy, education, promotion, increases, marriage and uncertainty in every facet of human existence that we are prone ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Happy New Year! January 2, 2021 2020 has come and gone, and we are celebrating the arrival of a new year, 2021. I don't know about you, but New Years brings about two completely different sets of emotions. I am either quite happy for a year and its troubles to end or saddened that the good things of the past year are now things of the past; and I am excited by the concept of new beginnings, but at ...Continue Reading