“HOW THE BIBLE CAME TO US” By Dennis W. Foust What is the meaning and background of the term, Holy Bible? Greek word, Biblus: the bark of the papyrus plant from which writing paper was made (papyrus = paper). Eventually, the word Biblus became the word for ‘book.’ The...
December 25, 2020 Christmas Day By Rev. Dennis W. Foust, PhD, Senior Minister On this Christmas Day, my prayer is that you will unwrap God’s gift of encouragement. This year has included many challenges. You do not need me to recount them all. But, be encouraged! The story of Jesus’...
December 24, 2020 Is There Something Waiting to Be Born in Us Today? By Kathy Bragg On the morning of October 29, after hurricane Zeta blew through the Charlotte region, throwing wind gusts and heavy rain on all of us, I was on my way to the barn to feed...
December 23, 2020 God’s Hands Derek Henson As we journey through Advent we are in the season of expectation, particularly the coming of new life in the birth of Jesus. The themes of love, peace, joy, and hope easily surround the image of the infant savior lying in a bed...
December 22, 2020 Celebrate By Mallory Brown In the past month, my daughter Annie Kate has gained awareness of her hands. These two strange appendages with 10 more appendages that can wiggle, scrunch up, wave, and feel. Due to teething, her fists and fingers are constantly in her mouth, which...
December 21, 2020 Mary’s Song By Sally Young “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for the Mighty One has done great...
December 20, 2020 Finding Peace By Rev. Allison Benfield You would think that seeing the Swiss Alps appear in the plane window as my plane approached Zurich would invite a sense of peace and calm for this mountain-loving girl. Yet, after an eight and a half hour flight on a...
December 19, 2020 A Fighter Pilot’s Christmas The Longest Four Hours of My Life By Robert L. Benton, submitted by Ken Benton It was Christmas Eve, December 24, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge. The Germans had broken through our defensive lines and surrounded our troops in Bastogne. It...
December 18, 2020 A Place to Call Home By Norris Frederick As Christmas approached in 1945, my parents were having trouble making ends meet and would soon have no place to live. Like Mary and Joseph, they needed someone to house them and their children for a while. My grandparents...
December 17, 2020 When Peace Like a River Attends My Soul By Ken Sanford I owe the peace of my spirit to the enlightened churches I attended over the years. At Clyde Baptist Church near Asheville, I didn’t know what ministers there were practicing, but later learned it was ecumenism....
