Why do I Go to Church?Erik the Red, a ferocious Viking descendant living in newly established Iceland, followed in the footsteps of his dad. His father had come to Iceland after being expelled from Norway for an unjustified killing, and now Erik faced the same...
"I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you. Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you." (Psalm 32:8-9 ESV)"The plane's rubber...
On Friday, we saw how God opened the doors for a Bible club in an elementary public school; and how by letting God be in charge, that Bible club went on to draw many to God's kingdom. Unfortunately, however, the principal who had allowed the bible club in the first...
Last Friday, in Lessons From the Classroom, Part 19, I told the story of how God picked me up out of my "self"-given plans of becoming a principal and set me back down on the right path: Back in the classroom.Unfortunately, I had a problem. I couldn't return to my...
"Listen well to the voice of the Lord your God. Do what is right in His eyes. Listen to what He tells you, and obey all His Laws. If you do this, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord Who heals you." (Exodus...
This morning, I received a lovely card from someone in my congregation. On the front, it had a picture of a beautifully lit church standing beside a gently flowing stream. Inside was a cheque donated to Erin church, along with one simple question: "When?"I have asked...
As a student, I participated in a job experience program for a few weeks at a local newspaper office. One evening, I took the stairs to the building lobby instead of the elevator, but found as the heavy door latched behind me, it would not reopen. With mounting...