Author Archives: kenbarnes

Justice will settle down in the desert and fairness will live in the orchard.(Isaiah 32:16 NET) As Christians, we sometimes confuse the concepts of justice and fairness. God is just but life at times is not always fair. Ten of twelve Apostles were martyred. Were they treated fairly? They were killed just for proclaiming the […]

You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one. But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me.  (John 8:15-16 NIV) Perspective is determined by our beliefs, experiences, and life choices. Sometimes we can never see things from another’s perspective because […]

But while knowledge makes us feel important, it is love that strengthens the church. Anyone who claims to know all the answers doesn’t really know very much. (1 Corinthians 8:1b-2 NLT) Albert Einstein If you think you know a lot, you over-estimate yourself. Proud knowledge is the most significant proof of our ignorance. Those from whom I […]

A sound heart is life to the body,But envy is rottenness to the bones. (Ecclesiastes 6:9 NLT) Winston Churchill Winston Churchill once said, “Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.” Many young people today are being hoodwinked by […]

To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons. (Luke 15:11 NLT) Luke tells us about two sons.  The younger son forsook his father and his household for riotous living.  The older son stayed home and did all the right things for all the wrong reasons. There are none so […]

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14 NASB) The Lion and the Lamb The Bible says the Jesus was full of grace and truth.  It does not mean he was half grace […]

When David saw the angel, he said to the Lord, “I am the one who has sinned and done wrong! But these people are as innocent as sheep—what have they done? Let your anger fall against me and my family.” (2 Samuel 24:17 NLT) David and Gad Many of us, when confronted by our sin, […]

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.  (Matthew 6:10 KJV)   This verse instructs us how to pray.  God desires that his will be done on earth as is in heaven.  How does this happen?  It happens when God’s will takes precedence over ours. The commentator Matthew Henry […]

I look up to the mountains— does my help come from there? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth!(Psalms 121:1-2 NLT) Washington Praying at Valley forge As we celebrate the birth of our nation again, it might behoove us to dwell on the man most responsible for its formation, George Washington.  Tradition […]