February - 2021 2/3

Church Militant

We don't like to talk about war anymore than we do death. Partially because of the connection between the two. But life is God's...

Now or never

Mark 1:15 Jesus said, “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.” We need to...

Are we prepared?

Jesus clearly tells us, "we do not know the day or time" and "it will come like a thief in the night." Everything on earth is temporary....

Self deception

Just finished a study of the book of "Revelation." Surprisingly St John's writing brought me a lot of peace. Chapter 22:15 raises...

Thank you God

A foot of snow in my yard and the temp is minus 10F. And yet here I sit in a warm house sipping a cup of coffee. We take much for...

Pray for the persecuted

While we live our faith in relative safety, we have brothers and sisters in other parts of the world who are far less fortunate. They...

Jesus grasped her hand

This is what we read about in today's Gospel - Mark 1:29-39. A dictionary defines "grasped" as to take or seize eagerly. And so Peter's...

Remaining positive

Christ is our light. He removes all darkness because He is more powerful than the source of darkness. We need only to look to Him. And...

In comparison

We live in a world where we are told misconceived or erroneously concocted truths and to trust public servants. Or do we believe Jesus...

At length

Life. We don't actually know where we come from or where we are going. The in-between is a matter of everything and nothing actually...