Why is Death so Difficult?

Itā€™s one of the hardest things I do as a pastor. No matter how many times I do it, it doesnā€™t get any easier. When a family loses a loved one itā€™s painful, but when we leave the cemetery after a graveside service the pain is ratcheted up. On more than one occasion, walking back to my car, Iā€™ve uttered … Read More

Feelings, truth and the promises of God

At the beginning of Mosesā€™ ministry, God made him a promise: ā€œI will be with you” (Exodus 3:12). At his retirement, 40 years later it was said of him, ā€œAnd there has not arisen a prophet . . . like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,Ā none like him for all the signs and the wonders that the LORD … Read More