Feb 23, 2018

by John J. Pethtel   God intends for pastors to be great parents. Sadly, some churches don’t care if their pastors are faithful in their homes as long as they perform well in the church. This is unacceptable. Speaking of pastor/elders in 1 Timothy 3:4-5 Paul wrote, “He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive,...

Feb 23, 2018

By Clint R. Brown Maybe not this week or next, but if Jesus’ return does not preempt your time here, then your body in this broken world will fail and you will stop being counted among the living. We often try to pretend otherwise despite the regular reminders and evidence around us. Almost no one in the billions of people that have come before us made it out...

Feb 22, 2018

by Katy Bofinger Can I be really honest with you? I have a paralyzing fear of making calls using the telephone. It’s ridiculous, but I worry about interrupting people, or catching them at a bad time. Without body language to interpret, I fear that I may misunderstand them or misrepresent myself. As I sit and type this, I realize the silliness of this fear. For...

Feb 22, 2018

By Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History “How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the...

Feb 22, 2018

By Donna S. Bond Shiloh SDB Church, NJ “I could wring that man’s neck,” I said TO my husband (not ABOUT him) in mid-December. Sometime in October, George Pettit, a senior member of the Shiloh, NJ, church, had told me God was leading him to give a children’s message and he needed my help. Knowing that I make patchwork dogs — named “Cretora dogs” in memory of my...