For the next couple of weeks I am going to bring you to class with me! For the next eight weeks I want to challenge your mind! As a believer in Christ Jesus living in a relativistic culture, the body of Christ is continuing to be challenged at every level. Yet the body of Christ (the church) is anemic when it comes to providing an answer to the claims that we make concerning the creation of the world, to the validity of Christ and argument of absolute truths. I hope that this series in the next few weeks will challenge you to prepare yourself to have an answer. In the words of Paul, “Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers[a] of this world, rather than from Christ.” Colossians 2:8 (NLT) To study systematic theology means bringing us to the text (Scripture)and asking what does the text say concerning a topic of interest, whether it be a social (abortion) or doctrinal issue (is there ...

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” -Maria Robinson On this 100th post I would like to dedicated it to my auntie. Angela was born on January 1, 1925 in Pearsal, Texas to my grandparents Gerardo and Sostenes Limon. She was the second child of six born to my grandparents. In 1930 the family moved to Monterey, Mexico where they resided for a number of years before moving back to the United States in the early 40’s. Angela was my auntie…mi tia. She was 87 years old and died from her disease of dementia that she battled for over five years. Last night was her memorial service and today we bury her. Yet in the midst of sorrow there is joy! First, the joy of knowing that mi tia is with the Lord! Even though she struggled to remember names and faces, she knew how to pray and sing the chorusitos (little hymns) from church. I remember one of the last times that I saw here, she was in the middle stages of her illness and in our con...

This past week I was at the gym getting my work out done on the treadmill. As I was viewing the televisions before me, a caption came across that grabbed my attention….China Unveils 5yr plan for space exploration. Megan Kelly from Fox News was going to interview former astronaut Gene Cerman to get his thoughts on this news alert. Gene Cerman was commander of Apollo 17 and the last man to touch the surface of the moon in December of 1972. What other great person would have insight, than the last person to set foot on the moon, concerning this new announcment? When asked the question concerning the United States decline interest into space exploration, I heard the wisdom and the pain of an elder speak to a younger generation. “I made those steps 40 years ago. We knocked on the door of the future, it was for the following generations to walk through it…and who knows where they would be now and what would it mean to the future, not only for our country, but also for mankind. But we hav...