Bird-Brained Faith

March 2010 “Boy, things are getting bad, aren’t they?” “Yep,” came the reply. Tweet, tweet. “And, this new Healthcare program really has me concerned.” “Yep, me too,” he answered softly. Tweet, tweet. “And, with the economy in such bad shape. . .the slumping housing...

The Secret of True Wisdom and Power

March 2010 The “secret” is simple; the question is whether or not we believe it and will embrace it in our own lives. The Bible is very clear when it says “To God belong wisdom and power” (Job 12:13). This same one who grappled in perplexity as to why he was suffering...

Behold Your God

March 2010 What a timely and much-need message this is: “Behold your God” (Isaiah 40:9c). Isaiah, whose prophetic ministry covered at least 40 years, lived in a time when his nation (Judah) was filled with immoral and idolatrous men. The surrounding nations—and, in...

Babylon Revisited

March 2010 (Tenth and Final In Series on “What God is Saying to America in 2010”) Well, it looks like we’ve come full circle. Ten weeks ago we started this series on “What God is Saying to America in 2010” and we’ve looked at a variety of subjects. No doubt some of...

Back-to-the-Basics

February 2010 (Ninth In Series on “What God is Saying to America in 2010”) Pilgrim Reflections” (For the Week of February 24, 2010) By Tom Smith As a young boy growing up on a farm in central Arkansas as the adopted son of a sharecropper farmer, I used to go out...