Opinions

Many will disagree, but a happy and successful marriage is based on a personal relationship with Christ. And why is this? There are many reasons, but we can begin with the character traits and attitudes of a true follower of Jesus is what takes marriage to the highest level of joy, emotional well-being, and contentment. Those committed to Christ are model spouse’s and parents. In today’s society, people use the term “Christian” loosely, and it’s at the point where I use this label more cautious than ever. If you ask people if they are a Christian, you will receive a wide range of responses and some that are without a personal connection to God at all.

Daylight Savings Time is about to end. On Sunday, November 3, we return into standard time by setting our clocks back an hour. It happens just a few days after Halloween and we all know that sense of dread when it gets darker a lot earlier.

As I write this article, my church, Tabernacle Baptist, is in the midst of our annual Engage Week. From September 22-28, we set a goal of giving 500 local missions hours to our community. We want to be the hands and feet of Jesus to our community. We have had the incredible opportunity of partnering with our city, our school district, and many different nonprofits and serving our community this week. Why are we doing an initiative like this? We believe that the gospel should be explained in both word and deed. Our vision at Tabernacle is to glorify God by making disciples who are empowered to engage our community with the hope of the gospel. We don’t need to just sit and soak in our chairs on Sunday mornings. We need to go and share the gospel outside the walls of the church building!

One thing about bullies is they always attract a certain type of follower. They are the rascal and while we say we do not like them, there is an innate respect given to the annoyer, the ruffian, the intimidator. Saying they represent the common man; in reality they are the oppressor.