by afladmin | Jun 5, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn Law. Culturally speaking, our response to law runs somewhere between tolerating law (for we know it is sometimes necessary) to despising it. Law suggests restriction, sometimes from things we might really want to do. Nowhere does our...
by afladmin | Jun 5, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn One of the great temptations for those of us deeply concerned with protecting life is to look to our political leaders to address the tragedy of abortion. Elect a pro-life president and a pro-life congress. Pray for the appointment...
by afladmin | Jun 5, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn The Scriptures have a way of reducing to absurdity the self-justifying questions that we often ask. For instance, when Jesus was asked, “Who is my neighbor?” by a lawyer who wanted to know who he was required to love and who he was...
by afladmin | Jun 5, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn When raising children, it is unusual, when they are young, for parents to give reasons for the their rules. What they need is to hear the command, and learn to comply. A child needs to learn to stay away from electrical sockets long...
by afladmin | Jun 5, 2025
By: The Rev. Christopher Leighton It is hard to imagine a more appropriate Advent prayer than the words quoted above from Psalm 80. Our hope as we wait, and prepare for the coming of Jesus, is to choose to abide in His presence. We need to start expecting more from...
