Some of you will remember the old way of making butter. With cream in a jar you shake it vigor­ously for a period of time. It takes a while, but the churning will eventually turn the cream to butter. Others of you have been on the ocean when the sea became turbulent. The churning of the waters gave you a very rough ride. Well, the term also applies to the ongoing, noisy, boisterous upheaval here in America and in numerous other nations across the globe. We are living in a tim

As we launch a new year, it is a good time, the right time and I believe a necessary time for all of us to dig in and get to work for the Lord. So, let's finish our nap, get up off the couch and give ourselves to the Lord and His work. It will help if you shut off the TV, the computer, your tablet and your cell phone. The songwriter George Duffield wrote: Stand up, stand up for Jesus, Ye soldiers of the cross, Lift high His royal banner— It must not suffer loss. What a sermon