ng a difference outside the Church means first making a difference inside the Church. One follows the other. If we function in our daily lives—with the same mind—as everyone else, then we have nothing to offer the world. God had presented mankind with a choice: the way of the Spirit and the way of the…

week our attention has undoubtedly been drawn to events in Europe and to Brussels in particular. The faces of those who were close to the blasts and survived are penetrating pictures of human suffering, shock and disbelief. As the world registered what had taken place, the over-riding sentiment has been – why? Senseless acts of…

unication is an important aspect of our lives. We communicate with God and with each other. We don’t live in a vacuum and our relationships require communication in order to build understanding, trust and love of neighbor. We all recognize this importance in marriage and our families where effective communication involves the ability to convey…

week the American vice-president once again attempted to reignite the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. His offer to the Palestinians of a settlement freeze and a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem in exchange for Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state was rejected. President Obama has made it clear that he would…

revealed to Daniel the meaning of the image that Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar had seen in a dream. It became clear that the king was ruler over the greatest of all four revealed kingdoms. The head of gold represented Nebuchadnezzar ruling over a kingdom of power, strength and glory. This knowledge impressed the king enormously but…

biblical statements are quite familiar to us since we have read or heard them many times over the years. But do we ever pause to ask ourselves – have I really embraced what this statement means? Familiarity is said to breed contempt. It is true that we can lose respect by devaluing the importance of…

time to time events cause us to deeply consider the reality of our own mortality. One of those times inevitably is when we experience the death of someone close to us. This is particularly true in a situation that involves a devastating disease such as cancer. Experiencing the process causes us to be very realistic…

src=”https://thefatherscall.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Thessalonica.gif” alt=”Thessalonica” align=”right” hspace=”5″ />Thessalonica was a commercially important city in Greece. It was named after the step-sister of Alexander the Great. It was a free city ruled by a council of its own citizens—a perk they received by being on the winning side during the Roman civil wars. Many religions were represented there in…

Today there is a lot of talk about “going green.” Ideally it means that we pollute the environment less — the goal being, taking better care of our air, water, soil and natural resources. Less than ideal is the fact that the concept is more of a political football than anything else. But the term…

owing the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 the Chicago Atomic Scientists, a group of researchers who had been involved in the development of these bombs, began publishing a newsletter which later became the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. In 1947 the bulletin began depicting a clock on its cover. This symbolic clock face…

ive in a world today, which is simultaneously fraught with peril, filled with opulence, devoid of spirituality and held captive by region-encompassing false religiosity. While oil princes in the Middle East drive Rolls Royces and some of the tallest skyscrapers on the planet look down upon luxury homes for the wealthy, at the same time…

ntly I viewed online some photographs of severe flooding in the area where I grew up. I still have cousins living in the area and could picture their situation clearly in my mind. Seeing familiar locations from my childhood in the news reports made me think of a question I am asked frequently: “Where do…

ther with the desire to encourage, the Apostle Paul had a God-given ability to address doctrinal areas that often required difficult life changes. Modifying our entrenched behaviors and thinking processes is difficult and encouragement goes a long way in assisting those changes. This combination is expressed in Paul’s approach to the church in Colossae. The…