The Deacon's Bench

Have you ever rested easy? Knowing that you had put in a hard days work? Gotten into the shower and watched as the hot water rolled across your skinning, taking with it a film of dark dirt and soap? There’s something about an honest, hard days work. A day inContinue Reading

The world is a scary place. To Christians that should mean we want to share the gospel with as many as we can. After all if we truly believe that Jesus Christ is the messiah, then we should want everyone to have what he offers. To free them from theContinue Reading

Tonight at our study group we are talking about divorce and annulments. To me it’s less about divorce and more about the sanctity of marriage, less about an annulment and more about the permanent mark on our souls. I tried many times to write specifically about marriage.. but instead.. IContinue Reading

What is a friend? It’s much different than an aqauintance, or an associate. In our world of social networking we often think of friends as someone who is on our list, and some of those we wouldn’t even recognize if they were to talk to us face to face. ItContinue Reading

One of the signs of true friendship is defense in the face of adversity. It is not friendship to stand by and justify someone’s hurtful actions towards your friend, by saying ‘He doesn’t really mean it’ or ‘She’s just kidding.’ A true friend understands that when someone says something hurtfulContinue Reading

Deuteronomy 8:10 And thou shalt eat and be satisfied and shalt bless the Lord thy God for the goodly land which he has given thee. There was a young man that I had the privledge of being an uncle to for many years. I’m not sure if he even remembersContinue Reading