I like to watch sports. My mother and my wife have been spreading a vicious rumor about me that I will watch any kind of sports, any time, anywhere. And the real truth about it is that I just flip through certain stations like bowling, …
All of us in God's church look upon the Feast of Tabernacles as a special time of the year. It is an exhilarating climax to one year that generates a "high" to prepare us for the next, enabling us to get through many a rough spot. Very …
As the Feast of Tabernacles approaches, I cannot help but remember 1965, when my family kept our first Feast in Long Beach, California. Even though it was in a city setting and traffic snarled everywhere, it was wonderful. Though brand …

(2) The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
My God, my strength, in whom I will trust;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
(3) I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.
David knew God's attributes as expressed by His names, and thus, he conducted his life accordingly. He called upon the name of God. By faith, he trusted God to intervene in the affairs of men. He knew what God would do—that …
It should come as no surprise that the Day of Atonement is the most unusual holy day of the year. Each holy day has its distinctive traits. For example, the Feast of Unleavened Bread has us eating unleavened bread for a week, and Pentecost has the unusual aspect of counting. But for outsiders, Atonement is just plain weird. They think it very strange that we will voluntarily not eat or drink for an entire day. Of course, in this distinction - called "fasting" or "afflicting our souls" - resides a great deal of the day's spiritual instruction. Fasting teaches us to realize just how …
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