Why do so many Christians try to put God in a box? They make rules. They decide which parts of the Bible are for today and which ones are used up and only applied to the past. They use their rules as a way to decide which gifts Jesus gives to believers to use in [...]

by Barbara Ellin Fox I’m not much for organized religion. I consider my self qualified and entitled to this opinion because I’ve spent a lot of time in church. I grew up in the Methodist Church. I went to Sunday School in the morning, followed by church service. I attended Youth Fellowship in the evening [...]

Someone asked me recently, what kind of Christianity I prefer. Mmmm I thought, what kind? When you think about it, there are a lot of different kinds……. My “kind” is totally based on Jesus as in Jesus Christ, the Christ in Christianity.  Without Him there isn’t any Christianity. Cover to cover, the Bible tells me [...]

Christmas is a wonderful time of year, and it’s a terrible time of year.  I look at the people who are  shopping and I hear, “I didn’t know what to get her so I got this…” and I look at moms and dads who have a need to “buy enough” for their children for Christmas…. [...]

One day in the spring 1989 I felt a strange restlessness as I wandered around the house.  It was an unusual feeling because outwardly things seemed to be fine. There was no trouble in the home. My children were well. I was not ostracized for ready my Bible. I was able to attend my Bible [...]

I grew up in a Dodge family and I married a Chevy guy, but recently I’ve become a Ford lover. It occurred when President Obama decided the United States government should be in the car business. That bit of meddling from the man who’d rather I drive a plug-in vehicle than anything with strength was [...]