Articles by: Pastor Rod Hembree

The world is in spiritual turmoil. The power structures of mankind are being rewritten daily. In recent history, governments were an indication of stability, so any rebellion against the power structures was considered evil. Today, most of that rebellion is considered good and is often

As I get older it’s impossible to ignore the feeling that time seems to be going faster! Do you ever feel like that? In honesty, I don’t think that feeling is helped by our quickly evolving technology. The way our societies are operating day-to-day is

The time in which we live is unique. Not because we have never gone through difficulty before, but because God is moving in an unusual way right now. I reside just outside of Toronto in Canada, where the largest gay pride parade in North America

As we continue to read through the Bible, this month we will delve into the books of the prophets. The Bible says that these prophets were called by God and spoke for Him. I believe them. They present us with interesting challenges as we pay

Wisdom and vanity seem to have consumed King Solomon’s life. As we encounter the book of Proverbs this month, we will get a chance to contemplate what kind of wisdom God wants us to gain. Moving through the book of Ecclesiastes will bring us into

When we read the words written about the man named Job, we are awestruck with the reality of our lack of understanding and quick tendencies to jump to conclusions about other people and God. Job 1 reveals a conversation God has with Satan as He

As I was reading an article from the magazine Popular Communications I was reminded of some remarkable events in our modern world. To me, one of the most impressive is that the mystery of the human genome has been uncovered. We can now read it! The

As we read through the Bible this month, we are certainly going to see a lot of confrontation. The most striking confrontation will not be one between men or nations, it won’t even be one that is directly stated, but it will be one that

It’s common to refer to someone as being "the apple of my eye" which expresses that they are someone very important to us. This phrase traces its origin to the Bible! In Deuteronomy 32:10 the LORD speaks about His people figured as their forefather Jacob/Israel

As we begin the Bible anew this year, I’m struck with how much of our understanding of the world is influenced be how we see its beginning. Most people in the West have been trained to forget that God had anything to do with the