Mountain Top Musings

HARVEST TIME It’s that wonderful time of year when the harvest is gathered. Summer has come to an end and fall has begun. The last of the cr...

STARVING THE FLESH SHAPE UP! Listen to the Apostle Paul’s demand to get in shape, “Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and d...

STARVING THE FLESH DRESS UP! Once you get up, you don’t go out until you dress up. It’s time to get out of your pajamas and put on your unif...

STARVING THE FLESH GET UP! You can wake up, but then reach over, hit the snooze alarm and go back to sleep! It’s important to wake up, but t...

STARVING THE FLESH WAKE UP! In 1775, the British troops intended to board boats and under cover of darkness slip across the river and attack...

STARVING THE FLESH Several months ago, my wife Marilyn and I decided it was time to modify our lifestyle. We went on the South Beach diet. O...

GOD AND GOVERNMENT THE REASON FOR GOVERNMENT God has instituted human government for two primary reasons: to restrain the wicked and to rewa...

GOD AND GOVERNMENT THE ROOT OF GOVERNMENT Clearly, human government is rooted in God’s design and decree. This is taught from Genesis to Rev...

GOD AND GOVERNMENT A Christian is a citizen of two kingdoms. Our ultimate allegiance is to Christ as our Lord, but as an expression of that ...

GETTING ALONG WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TOWARD ALL HUMANITY AND OUR RESTRAINT THROUGH OUR HOPE It has been said, “To live up ...

GETTING ALONG WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE OUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE HUMBLE AND REGARD FOR THE HONORABLE There are difficulties in life—there’s no de...

GETTING ALONG WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE OUR REJOICING WITH THE HAPPY AND OUR RESPONSE TO THE HURTING Paul shows us the way to get along with dif...

GETTING ALONG WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE OUR RESPONSE TO THE HATEFUL Diamonds are formed when a lump of coal is subjected to prolonged heat and p...

CAN YOU SPOT A CHRISTIAN? PATIENT HOPE You can spot a Christian by the hope that exudes from them. Peter writes, “always be ready to give de...

CAN YOU SPOT A CHRISTIAN? PASSIONATE SERVICE Christians are servants of God. That is a clear mark that enables us to spot a true Christian. ...

CAN YOU SPOT A CHRISTIAN? PERSONAL AFFECTION If you have attended church for very long, it is likely you have heard this, “If you were on tr...

CAN YOU SPOT A CHRISTIAN? PERSONAL AFFECTION If you have attended church for very long, it is likely you have heard this, “If you were on tr...

CAN YOU SPOT A CHRISTIAN? PURE LOVE If it were possible to put a group of church members into a barrel with a group of unbelievers, shake th...

BUILDING UP THE BODY THE SERVICE OF BODY BUILDING GIFTS Paul introduces the section on these body building gifts by stressing, “Having then ...

BUILDING UP THE BODY THE SPHERE OF BODY BUILDING GIFTS A key phrase, that is found in Romans 12:5, and indeed throughout the New Testament, ...