This Ancient Faith-Jym Gregory This ancient faith we celebrateis moored in days gone bya day when weeping filled the airand hearty faiths ran dry Time is his, and the time was nowto remove the crimson markshow forth his wisdom to the worldas the days grew dark Stayed the course, forever...
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. -Proverbs 18:10 I had a great fear of the dark as a child. That isn't unusual for children of course, but my fear seemed, at least to me, particularly acute. I got a fair amount of ribbing from some older brothers, but...
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires... -2 Timothy 4:3 The word of God and the proclamation of that word is an offense in our day. As we draw...
"My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world." -John 18:36 Jesus is not asking us to fight physical battles on his behalf. The days of ethnic...
"Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts." -Zechariah 4:6 History seems to tell us that almost every movement of God starts small. From finding a lost book of the law in the days of King Josiah, to the preaching of a desert hermit named John in the days of Jesus...
These past few weeks we've had our fair share of LifePoint members spending a significant amount of time in hospitals, rehab centers, or recovering at home. It's always difficult as a pastor to see people hurting and suffering. As I write this Jym Shorts article, quite a few are still facing...
Next Wednesday, the 10th of February, begins a 40-day observance leading up to Easter that the church universal has celebrated for almost 1,700 years. Here’s a brief history for those who care - and who wouldn’t care about history! : ) Many books confidently assert that Lent was...
"I find him always singing one note."-Stephen Vaughan, speaking of William Tyndale Stephen Vaughan was a British merchant and a favorite of King Henry VIII. In 1531 he was commissioned by Thomas Cromwell, the king's advisor, to track down William Tyndale and bring him back to England, where the...
Do you ever wonder where faith leaves off and doubt enters in? Daniel chapter three tells the story of Daniel’s three friends, Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael. These young men were whisked away from their families, homelands, and everything they knew around 600 B.C. by the invading...
I hope you’ll bear with me as I address a few housekeeping items in this week’s Jym Shorts. Before I do that, however, I do want to encourage you to spend some time this winter/spring in Peter’s first letter. We will be studying 1 Peter for the next several months in our...
