Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Matthew 5:9 March 19, 2017 Now that Mel Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge” has been in theaters for months, many of you now know the story of Corporal Desmond T. Doss, who joined the Army four months after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Doss was a Seventh-Day Adventist who...

Blessed Are the Pure in Heart

Blessed are the Pure in Heart Matthew 5:8 When I was a boy and my mother called me to the table for a meal there was a requirement that I had to wash my hands before I could sit at the table and eat.  It didn’t have anything to do with religion.  It was good hygiene....
Blessed Are the Merciful

Blessed Are the Merciful

Matthew 5:7 In 1943, 21-year-old Charlie Brown was flying his first mission over Nazi Germany.  He was part of a 500-bomber formation headed to bomb an airplane factory in Bremen, Germany. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRKQvmT3Xhs (Ibid) During the raid, Brown’s...

Blessed are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness

Matthew 5:6 What motivates you when you get up in the morning? Without a cup of coffee or two, some of you poor addicted souls aren’t motivated to do anything. Thankfully, with today’s technology you can prepare your coffee the night before so the smell can pull you...

Blessed Are the Meek

Matthew 5:5 February 19,  2017 Last October when Tina and I stayed on an Amish farm, I spoke with Amish farmer Enos Smith about his horses. He farms with Percheron horses and he has two teams which he uses to pull his plows, wagons, and other farm equipment. Over the...