I have no doubt that we are all concerned about the state of our nation. In every free society, when issues are raised, there are likely to be a myriad of responses. Differences of opinion go back to our founders, and those differences can be healthy because they spark lively

I want to be clear from the outset, that I do not believe that what appears to be the rapidly increasing downward spiral of our nation’s culture is irreversible. I believe in genuine, biblical “HOPE,” and that hope is grounded in the power of God to change the course of

I really don’t like having to do this, but I need to return to the rats one more time. You see, in the spring, after a delightful winter in which we received lots of rain, it was once again time for me to turn on my drip system in order

When I cleared the back hillside of rosemary and rats, I realized long before I began the project that this was only a part of what needed to be done. The next phase was the daunting task of covering the hillside with vegetation, vegetation that did not include more rosemary!

In Folsom where we live, like in most of your communities, there is a specific “trash pick-up day” during the week when the local trash service picks up garbage, recyclables, and green waste. Our pick-up day is Tuesday, and for several weeks I filled our green waste bin with rosemary,

As mentioned previously “Christian Slavery” is a thoroughly biblical concept. Let me take a few minutes to walk us through the concept. Remember last week, Jesus said,   “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin” (Jn. 8:34). If you remember, the word

One of the greatest events in biblical history is the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. It was then, about 3,500 years ago, that God called Moses to lead the children of Israel out of 430 years of slavery in Egypt and into the Promised Land. Historians tell us that

In about AD 63, while imprisoned in Rome awaiting trial before Nero, Paul drafted a letter to one of his dear friends in Colossae, in Asia Minor. If you recall, Paul wrote a letter addressed to the entire church at Colossae, but this letter was a personal letter to one

Oh, how quickly things can change! On the morning of September 11, 2001, we woke up to a new world, a world in which the reality of terrorism had become a “clear and present danger,” and a world in which we would all be living with few of the certainties

Let me begin by talking about God, and specifically some of the things that He hates. Yes, although He passionately loves us, He hates many of the things that we do. King Solomon identifies seven things that God hates including: “…a proud look, a lying tongue, a wicked heart, violent