The Deacon's Bench

Romans 1:16 – For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also the Greek. Why is the word salvation such an important one? Because it is an all inclusiveContinue Reading

I was going to write about another topic, one that I think is very important. This one however is really pressing on my conscience. I want to tell a story about something I did in the past, that hurt someone I love very deeply. I once placed 1st in aContinue Reading

I remember one year in high school, I had placed in the regional science fair. As a reward not only did I get a chance to go to the Nations Capital for the national competition, but I also was offered a trip to a well known Christian college in aContinue Reading

I decided last night to read the New Testament again. A fellow that I was reading said he decided to read 1 John again and again, until he no longer got anything new from it. He read it for months, everyday, and found he always got something new from it,Continue Reading

Ephesians 5 22-24 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit toContinue Reading

Our refrigerator has a light on it that only comes on when it needs the water filter replaced. The other day this filter came on as the refrigerator realized that the filter was so full of contaminants that the water couldn’t get through. It got me to thinking about ourContinue Reading