The Issue of Unanswered Prayer

I love to teach and preach on prayer!  My library is filled with books about prayer and I would guess that I read at least one or two articles and blog posts every week on the subject. As any believer would likely know, the Bible is filled with literally dozens of truths and promises related…

A Prayer for a New Year

Psalm 119:132-135 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. Make thy face to shine…

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas! The message to the shepherds on the first Christmas morning is still the message that we are proclaiming: For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord (Luke 2:11).  How thankful we are that He was born, died for our sins, and was raised…

A Story of Old Age, Answered Prayer, and a Soul Saved

It was almost 70 years ago that a young father tightly hugged his 3 year old daughter, walked away from a failed marriage, and never returned. Years later it would be discovered that he had moved to a far-away state for work and, although attempts were made to reconnect with his daughter, those attempts never…