Happy New Year! It will be happy for some, maybe, but not so much for others. In a recent article in Politico, Michael Grunwald exclaimed, “Everything is Awesome.” He said as much because according to his research “the U.S. economy grew at a 5 percent rate in the third quarter. The economy added 320,000 jobs in November, the best of 57 straight months of job…
Jesus was not white or black. If anything Jesus in his humanity was Hebrew. He was a Jewish man from Nazareth born in a manger in Bethlehem. God chose to take on human form thousands of years ago and one of the reasons was to begin to dismantle the prideful issue of racism. Yet today we see people rioting and looting and at the bottom…
I write this article as Americans across Pennsylvania and the country exercise their civic duty and constitutional right to vote. Regardless of your political affiliation no one can deny that America is the greatest democracy the world has ever known. We do not always get it right but at least we try. There is money and special interest in politics but our vote does still…
On Sept. 11, two gay men were attacked in Philadelphia. While the investigation is ongoing it appears, based on the facts so far reported, that this was a brutal attack undertaken by three if not more young men and women. As I read this story I was saddened by the fact that this happened in America let alone in the city of Philadelphia. I do…
Today the Islamic State otherwise known as ISIS or ISIL released a horrific and graphic video of the beheading of Steven Sotloff. This follows the beheading of James Foley a few weeks ago. As Americans and as Christians we must pray for the families of Mr. Foley and Mr. Sotloff. We must continue to pray for the others held captive by this evil group of…
Many people talk about faith in religious terms as in “What “faith” are you?” While that is an appropriate way of using the term there is a general definition of faith and we find it in the Bible in Hebrews 11:1 “faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” We all exhibit faith from the moment we…
On the Eve of the 238th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, I find myself thinking how far we have come since 1776. Even more amazing than the United States’ 238 years is that Brandywine Baptist Church has been serving God and the Brandywine Valley for 322 years, since 1692. As a church, and as Americans, we all have seen a dramatic shift in our…
This week we celebrate 70 years since the day that came to be known as D-Day. D-Day is a military term used to describe the day on which a military operation is set to commence. The most well known D-Day occurred on June 6, 1944 when allied troops landed on the shores of Normandy and began the march through Europe in a successful effort to…