There is much more I can say about this.  
I determined early on my family’s development that I would always go to Sunday Church. I think the reason was this: that I wanted my kids to love the church, even in it’s glaring flaws and inconsistencies. Since that time, the Local Church has not been exemplary in its display of the biblical standard. Yet, we have rarely missed attendance over the years.

There is a growing interest in departing from the church along with its local manifestations. …

Proverbs 3:27   Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.
The hebrew word for “to whom it is due” is actually “from its owners.”   I have heard it said that ancient and traditional cultures considered one’s obligation to helping his neighbor as obligatory and deserved.   In our western/individualistic culture, we may tend to struggle getting a handle on this sense of the right due our neighbor.
In this verse, there is a sense of injustice  (Lev. 19.13) done when …

A minimum of eight of my close brothers in Christ are without work right now.   Yesterday, my son Stephen brought up this topic.     He asked the question, “How do you balance the responsibility of saving for my potential future  (needs)  with giving to others’ present needs.”  This is a classic question we all ask ourselves.  How do we balance our “responsibility” to take care of our present and future needs with the biblical mandate to assist others in their present need?
I know of others who read books by financial …

“A time to get and a time to lose”  Ecclesiasties.
Today the stock market dropped to it’s lowest in over ten years.  Most of you reading this are probably not invested but I think it important for you to read the quote below and learn a lesson now before you are older and forget that everything has its season and the outward condition of any man does not determine his/her spiritual condition. OR God’s disposition towards them…
Some people make a lot of money, living in a time for gain. Others lose …