Providing a free of charge Christian residential program for those in bondage to addictions
Providing a free of charge Christian residential program for those in bondage to addictions
Paul exhorts the Corinthian Christians to, “Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you?“ II Corinthians 13:5 If Jesus Christ is in us, we have access to His grace in which we stand. (Romans 5:2) Are you in a troubling,… Read More »Are We Walking in Faith?
One of the most powerful emotions that can shatter one’s soul is failure. Failure arrives on the scene of our lives through many avenues; whether it be moral, financial, vocational or personal. The weight of any failure becomes personal to the one experiencing it. We see this monster raising its’ ugly head all around us.… Read More »The Devastation of Failure
Multitudes of souls are suffering emotionally, physically, and mentally. In one sense, they are victims of a bad environment; be it family, friends, or extreme poverty. In another sense, they are the victims of their foolish, reckless, and unimaginable choices that poison the soul with depravity. In any case, the pain and suffering experienced is… Read More »A Touch for A Leper
Listening to a biography of an American rock band formed in 1965 with vocalist, Jim Morrison, I was intrigued by how they settled on the name for their group, “The Doors”. At the outbreak of the cultural revolution in the ‘60’s, drugs were flooding our country. There was a wind in the air to transcend… Read More »The Doors of Bondage
I’ve been contemplating the miraculous work of redemption in a believer in Christ Jesus. This is no small thing. For you see, we have all been brought forth in corruption. We were conceived in the womb in sin and we came into the world, by nature, ready to sin. As King David writes in Psalm… Read More »How Can It Be?
Those of us who have studied the Scriptures know that both the Old and New Testaments point to Christ as the remedy for our troubled, sinful souls. “All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned everyone to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” Isaiah… Read More »To Whom Shall We Go?
I am awed at the power of God to instill in us an affection for God and a hunger and thirst after righteousness. (Mt. 5:6) I remember how God put into me, at the point of my salvation at 29 years old, an understanding that my old fleshly desires and love of this world was… Read More »Genuine Faith
People everywhere are troubled by searching for meaning and significance in the things that are temporal and earthly. I see the frantic look in the eyes of those who are grasping tightly to the places, persons, or things that they are on the verge of losing. The harder they squeeze the sand of this world… Read More »Grasping for the Wind
You may be wondering why I picked the title “Hope on Sinking Sand”. As I sit across from counselees, I notice the depth of emotional pain and suffering on their countenance. Most of the men who come to Bethel Colony are desperately clinging to whatever they have left. They are in the quicksand of their… Read More »Hope on Sinking Sand
As I think about the souls that have been scarred by sin I am reminded of a battlefield littered with the dead and wounded. However, in this case, it is family members and loved ones that have been scarred by the sins of others. Before coming to Christ, I remember seeing a young man in… Read More »The Scars of Sin