Category: Wholeness Ministries

Dear Friends, This last Sunday I was sitting in church and the Pastor gave this message that caught my attention and inspired me. It was the story of Caleb in the Old Testament. He and Joshua and ten others were sent into the promised land to spy it out. When they returned to report ten […]

In the nineteenth century, the atheist philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche reproached a group of Christians. “You make me sick!” When their spokesman asked why, Nietzsche replied, “Because you redeemed don’t look like you’re redeemed!” That’s a curious response isn’t it? And yet, must we not stop and examine how the unbelieving view us as we live […]

Dear Friends, This headline may be familiar to you because some twenty years ago I used this headline in an article I wrote for our newsletter. I re-wrote the article to update it so it reflected what I believe is going on in our world today and I felt it important to re-emphasize the calling […]

Dear Friends, I read a fascinating article recently that got me to thinking about this question. I fear this question is the unspoken thinking of many churchgoers. The assumption is; “I go to the right church, I believe the right things, I’m a good person. Of course, I expect to receive God’s blessing.” That blessing […]

Dear Friends, In last month’s newsletter I wrote an article outlining why I believe we were created by God. While many of us labor under the false assumption that God created us mainly to do good works I believe we were created first of all simply to be loved by God. Perhaps you have heard […]