by Kevin Murray | Sep 4, 2018 | Challenges, Encouragement
“For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come” (Hebrews 13:14). I love a long walk through the trails and fields by my home. Sore feet and a tolerable ivy rash are the price I pay. Well worth it. The other day, though, I...
by Kevin Murray | Aug 21, 2018 | Encouragement
Salvation: deliverance from sin and its consequences brought about by faith in Jesus Christ. I heard this quote from a popular radio host whom I like: “If God doesn’t send Hitler to Hell, then I have no interest in such a God.” Sounds righteous enough. Only problem...
by Kevin Murray | Jul 24, 2018 | Encouragement
How is it that the tiny nation of Israel (not quite the size of New Hampshire) is the ground-zero religious and political firestorm of the world? How does it endure even though it is the only free market, democratic nation in a sea of more than a dozen other nations...
by Kevin Murray | Jun 26, 2018 | Encouragement, Life Lessons
(You might know I have a philosophical penchant.) The good old days seem so good to me, not so much because they were simpler (simpler, I say, not easier), nor because they were lived against a superior moral backdrop (though that case could be made), but because as...
by Kevin Murray | Apr 26, 2018 | Challenges, Encouragement, Life Lessons
“When I have found myself at the bottom of a deep, dark well and looked up, my eyes were filled with light.” -James M. Houston, Joyful Exiles I like people. They please and disappoint me. I’m sure I do the same to them. Life follows a challenging pattern: sighs of...
by Kevin Murray | Apr 12, 2018 | Encouragement
“As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, ‘Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?’” (Mt 24:3) I do not purport to know the day or hour Jesus will return...
