My Dear Friends, People of God: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour. Several terms in the Epistles introduce the concept that each Christian is fighting an inner war. We live, the Bible suggests, a life of constant tension between an inner pull toward sin and an inner desire for […]

My Dear Friends, Our Old Testament reading for today reminds us of the man’s name – “Abraham“,, which means “Father of  many.” While some surely laughed at this old man and his strange name, that name was, in fact, the promise of God to Abraham. He had one son at the time the Lord spoke […]

My Dear Friends, According to the Gospel for today, Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, and was anointed by the Holy Spirit.   He then encountered a wilderness experience through which Satan instigated various temptations in order to derail his ministry.  The Psalmist, however, reminds us, that we serve a God who not only leads […]

My Dear Friends, You may be experiencing difficult times in the home, at work, in the community or even in church. However, do not be discouraged. Jesus declares “Here on earth you will have many trials (John 16:33), – a pronouncement which you must believe as difficulties appear in many forms. Overcoming one perplexing situation […]

My Dear Friends,             Depending on devoted membership, there may be an estimated number of over twenty thousand (20,000) practicing Christians on the island. We thank God for His Son Jesus Christ and his call to those early disciples to follow him. Without them, the church would not have existed. That small band of followers, […]

My dear friends, Persons who are dissatisfied with their leaders often protest with demonstrations of one kind or another – street parades, barricades, riots, demolition of monuments and structures that took generations to build. Frustrations tend to fuel violence. But tell me, my friends who are the winners?  We need to recognize that leaders are […]