“If an animal does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it intelligence.” -Will Cuppy, journalist (1884-1949) Double standards? Certainly there are the world’s standards and those of God and thankfully they are quite different. But when I sit and watch my neighbor, my brother, … Read more

“We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them.” … Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Pensees [1660] These words this morning were a reminder to of how my relationship with Him is an active thing. There certainly are things in my … Read more

“I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am.” … John Newton (1725-1807) It could be disappointing to remind … Read more

“Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and … Read more