My daughter Lauren flies out to Africa this weekend on a three month mission to help orphaned children in Tabora, Tanzania. It will be a time for all of my family to keep our hope in the Lord.

Alexandre Dumas' famous Musketeers have been a favorite of mine since I was a boy. Their motto "All for One, and One for All" is a great message for our churches today. Christ died for all, so therefore all should live for Him.

2 Corinthians 5:14    For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therfore all died.

Some people say that the Gospels are just mere stories. Peter, however, declared that they were eye witness accounts of what truly took place in Christ's lifetime. Our challenge today is this: do we accept Peter's testimony?

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A reflection upon 2 Peter 1:16 We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

Dreap is an old Irish word that means to climb. In Scotland, kids dreap walls during summer. A reflection on Psalm 18 and how we depend upon God to help us overcome our troubles.

We all go through troubling times and sometimes we feel abandoned by God. During those moments of fear and despair, God is always with us, waiting for the right time to save and deliver us, comfort and embrace us.

A reflection of Psalm 13 v 2

Nature can be a terrifying and destructive force. Our faith is in God, who is above nature. When we seek Him, God enables us to find what we need. The lions of Serengeti and my daughter's mission trip to Tanzania.

A look at Psalm 34:10           The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

Calvin called the wonders of creation the 'attestations of God's wisdom.' Job records these wonders as mere fringes. Both descriptions lead us towards our Creator and our hope is that one glorious  day, He will reveal even more wonders to us.

A reflection about Job 26:14        And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?"

We are all created equal and in the eyes of God, we are all the same. He gives us a glorious opportunity of rising out of the miry clay into the everlasting halls of happiness through the power of Jesus Christ, His Son.

A look at the name McClay and of Job 33 v 6.

Memories of summers in Scotland when I would go fishing with family and friends.

Having faith means accepting that God is in control.

A look at Psalm 33.

Mega Churches pander to themselves in ways that promotes themselves instead of the Gospel.  Small God-fearing churches serve Christ faithfully and preach the true heart of the Gospel.

A fresh look at 2 Corinthians 4:5       For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

Sometimes we are too zealous in our outrage at the world that we want to payback evil with evil. Payback belongs to the Lord; we are meant to love our enemies and forgive those who hurt us.

My friendship with a drug addict in Scotland, whose zeal for the Lord often got him into trouble.

A reflection on 2 Thessalonians 1:6   God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you.

Throughout history, pro-active forces have sought to diminish Christianity and eradicate its influence.

Today, Christians need to be able to express and defend their faith, especially with those who are anti-Christian.

1 John 4:3 …but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.