Life Beyond Horizons

Tag: Jesus

  • The Upward Call: Navigating Past, Present, and Future

    Looking Back: Beyond Nostalgia and Regret We often view the “good old days” through a filtered lens. While reminiscing brings comfort, there is a subtle danger in losing the context of days gone by. When we strip away the struggles of the past to remember only the simple things, we risk longing for a time →

  • The Light in the Distance: A Christmas Message of Hope

    The Journey to the Manger The story of Christmas does not begin with a celebration. It begins with a journey—one marked by weariness, dusty roads, and the heavy weight of obedience. To understand the peace we seek today, we must first look back to that evening in Judea, as recorded in Luke 2:1-7 (KJV) “And →

  • Upon Which Cross

    “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of →

  • Why Jesus?

    “Religious faith is above all a sign of faulty thinking, of ignorance;” observed noted atheist, zoologist, and author Richard Dawkins in a recent story published by The Guardian. Mr. Dawkins would further explain his desire, a call to action, was to educate the ill-informed out of their mistakes. He breaks it down into a simple →

  • Trusting in God

    “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”  Proverbs 3:5-6 Having grown up in a southern baptist church, I have fond memories of the old hymns, the classics, that we would sing in a →

  • “The Way, the Truth and the Life”

    Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive →

  • Death of the Church – “Comfort Zone Christianity”

    Church in America is comfortable, consistent, pre-planned and delivered in a tidy package each week to the faithful.  Deviate from that organized delivery model and church leaders will hear about it in no uncertain terms.  Regular complaints include temperature, too hot or cold, music too loud or too contemporary and of course the pastor went →

  • Bought at a Price

    Life is measured in seasons of time as predictable as the sunrise and sunset of each passing day.   We busy ourselves with the tasks of daily life, working, raising a family, which often leaves little time for anything else.  It can become a drudgery, these gears of life grinding away, stealing our joy, leaving us →

  • Time is short

    Anger, bitterness, hatred, it seems to be everywhere, surrounding our culture and permeating every aspect of our lives.  It seems that our safe havens are not immune, sports and other forms of entertainment no longer offer the escape we so desperately crave.  Journalism, once a bastion of integrity and impartiality, seems to have embraced its →