by Claude Stauffer | Jan 1, 2024 | Examination, Faith, Self-examination, Spiritual health
Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? – 2 Corinthians 13:5 The transition from one year to the next is customarily, for secular and spiritual people, a time of reflection. We...
by Claude Stauffer | Nov 21, 2023 | Faith, God's Sovereignty, Salvation, Storms
Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.” Acts 27:31 In the British Royal Navy each ship named begins with the letters “HMS.” These letters stand for His/Her Majesty’s Ship. In the Royal Navy there is an...
by Claude Stauffer | Oct 31, 2023 | Faith, Gospel, Grace, Halloween, Holy Spirit, Stand
“The just shall live by faith” – Romans 1:17 October 31st is a day we should remember and celebrate so much more than an unholy day like Halloween. October 31st, 1517, marks the beginning of the historical Reformation of the Church. On this day the German...
by Claude Stauffer | Jun 30, 2023 | America, Courage, Faith, Hope
“There is a cloud, as small as a man’s hand” – 1 Kings 18:44 The recent Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decisions just may be a fist in the sky. What do I mean? Read on. Eighty-seven percent of people in our country either never took out student loans or...
by Claude Stauffer | Nov 10, 2021 | Faith, Moving Mountains, Poverty, Self
So He said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all; 4 for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had.” – Luke 21:3-4 Have you ever been down to your...
by Claude Stauffer | Jul 27, 2021 | Faith, Offense, Offensive, Victory
Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these...
