By Rev Dale Lee

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) (Part 3)  To the atheist and agnostic (one who is unsure of the existence of God or who believes that man cannot know if God exists or not) we might propose the following:  If God exists and is God in the true sense…

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) Part 2 Simple, straightforward declaration.  No ambiguities, no equivocations, no sophistry.  This is how God speaks.  This is what truth sounds like.  All reality begins with God.  Go wrong here and we sentence ourselves to trying to navigate a stormy world with no…

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) The well-known atheist Christopher Hitchens, dying of cancer, declared that there would be no death bed conversion to the Christianity he spent his life hating and attacking. In his #1 New York Times best seller god is not great,  Hitchens writes that religion…

“Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:16, NKJV) You might remember the words of Ebenezer Scrooge.  As the third specter, the ghost of Christmas future appeared before him, Scrooge declared that he feared him more than any specter he had seen.  Scrooge had become deeply anxious as to his future, for he…

“Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from  the foundation of the world.” (Matthew 25:34, NKJV) Jesus tells us that when He comes it will be “in His glory and all the holy angels with Him.” (Matthew 25:31)  Then He will sit on the throne of His glory and all…

“To Me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.” (Deuteronomy 32:35, KJV) Imagine a room full of people of varying ages in varying states of illness.  Some are aware of their condition,…

“Which of you convicts Me of sin?   And if I tell the truth why do you not believe Me? (John 8:46, NKJV) General Ulysses Grant, dying of cancer, wrote his highly acclaimed Personal Memoirs, described by some as the greatest military memoir ever written.  In them General Grant makes a remarkable admission.  While serving…

“Thy Kingdom come…” (Matthew 6:10, KJV)  (Part 2) God’s kingdom never began.  It is. God’s kingdom will never cease. It is.  It is here on earth now in a mystery form.  It is coming in the future in full, glorious manifestation.  Jesus tells us that this future kingdom was the reason for creation: “Then the…

“Hallowed by Your Name.”  (Matthew 6:9, NKJV) God had blessed a young couple with two daughters a couple of years apart and so they decided to try to pray with them each night at bedtime.  This prayer would be the appropriate ending of the day and the much needed beginning of the night season and…

“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.” (Matthew 6:9, NKJV) Jesus teaches us to address God as “our Father.”  No other major religion in the world teaches its members to do this.  The prophets portray God as a Father, a Father Who has had to endure the rebellion of His children. (Isaiah 1:2)  These…