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June 12th is the anniversary date of the charter of the Nor’kirk.  Forty years ago, a group of people took a leap of faith and established in God’s honor a church in the far north reaches of Carrollton.  This week, let’s think about what that anniversary means. Almost everything we as believers hold dear has […]

It’s not wise to be dogmatic as we try to interpret current events. The twists and turns of history are under God’s providential control, and its best to watch prayerfully so we can take advantage of open doors for evangelism while awaiting our Lord’s return. The ever-present turmoil among the Arab states in the Middle […]

Advertisements are the bane of our existence. Ads on TV manage to annoy and at the same time get under our skin. Some examples: A tire shop in Milwaukee advertised, “Invite us to your next glow-out.” An optometrist said, “If you don’t see what you’re looking for, you’ve come to the right place.” A California […]

Think of all the ways we are told to relate to “truth” in our modern world: study the truth, find the truth, explore the truth, know the truth, discover the truth, reveal the truth – and the list goes on. But before we can put any of those verbs into action, we must answer the […]

On May 23, 1940, Vice Admiral Bertram Ramsey rubbed his eyes in the caves beneath Dover Castle overlooking the English Channel and then jotted a quick note to his wife: “No beds for any of us last night,” he wrote, “and probably not for many nights. I’m so sleepy I can hardly keep my eyes […]

Our planet is not a peaceful place. The University of Oslo and Norwegian Academy of Sciences have determined that there have been more than 14,000 wars in the world since 3600 BC. Surprisingly, the world has known relative peace only 5 percent of the time over the last 5,600 years. It is painfully obvious to […]

It’s amazing what companies try to sell us to eat. A Scottish company offers a potato chip that tastes like haggis, Scotland’s national delicacy. For those of you unfamiliar with haggis, it is a blend of various sheep organs traditionally simmered in the animal’s stomach or intestines for several hours. Just think, you can now […]

In C. S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters, the senior devil, Screwtape, explains to the junior devil, Wormwood, why they must tempt humans to worry and not trust God: “There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human’s mind agains the Enemy (God). He wants men to be concerned with what they do; our […]

As hard as it was keeping up with our kid’s schedules, it’s even harder to keep up with the grandkids. I’ve now found myself on various email chains to find where and when games are being played, or concerts performed. The one for Sam’s school is Eagle Nation. Recently I got a motivational promo from […]