“It’s Just Singing”

Years ago the church we were a part of would occasionally devote a service to
hymn singing. One good, knowledgeable brother who was usually faithful to
attend the assemblies, would choose not to come then, because, as he put it, “It’s
just singing.” I have also heard people say, “Some people like to sing, but that’s
just not my personality.”
How would you answer this question: “Why should we sing in worship to God?”
A quick answer could be, “Because He has commanded it.” However there is
much more involved than that.
God created us with the capacity…

Time Flies, but You Are the Pilot

Do you ever find yourself asking the question, “where did the time go?”. As I get
older, that feels like something I find myself asking quite often. Whether it’s in a
small sense of losing track of time out on the golf course, or a larger scope of
seeing 28 years of my life pass in what felt like mere seconds. The strange thing
about time is that no matter how fast or slow it may seem, the clock still ticks at
sixty seconds per minute, sixty minutes per hour and twenty-four hours per…

Abraham: Father of Faith and Faithful Father

Out of all the men in the ancient world, why did God choose Abraham to receive
His blessings and his promises? Abraham had many remarkable traits such as
his generosity and hospitable nature, his honorable dealings with others, and his
godly attitudes and respect for the Lord. Even so, scripture reveals another
important reason that might go unnoticed: God chose Abraham because of the
kind of father he would be. In Genesis 18:19, God says of Abraham “For I have
chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to