...we think we are redeeming Halloween by offering "Christian alternatives." You cannot rehabilitate darkness simply by changing the name of the party. The author is a local free-lance writer. His e-mail address is david@groupz.net.

...toys wins." He who dies with the most toys is still dead. And a death without that God-shaped hole filled, without Jesus Christ in your heart, is eternal death. The author is a local free-lance writerE-mail address: david@groupz.net

...Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you." The author is a local free-lance writer. E-mail address: david@groupz.net

...Northwest's picket line remember Eastern Airlines -- the company that struck itself out of existence a decade ago? It makes good sense to listen to God's Word. The author is a local free-lance writer. E-mail address: david@groupz.net

...husband "who lacks nothing of value." THIRTY YEARS with the "wrong" woman is a mighty long time, but Bonnie, let's go for the record. Just you and me, Babe. The author is a local free-lance writer E-mail address: david@groupz.net

...put these words into my mouth: `I have love for you and I have forgiven you."' FORGIVE? HOW MUCH? Look at the Cross where Jesus died. That's how much. The author is a local free-lance writer. E-mail address: david@groupz.net

...helps him out on this thing." Personal faith in Jesus Christ is the only way to be certain that your past does not continue to be your future. David Sisler is a local free-lance writer. He can be reached by e-mail at david@groupz.net.

...we break God's Commandments, we do not really break them. They break us. We cannot build a life, either for time or for eternity, on "It depends." The author is a local free-lance writer and his e-mail address is david@groupz.net

...received the forgiveness of Almighty God, we take new sin just as seriously as we claim to take the Savior, God will never be forced to repair new brokenness. The author is a local free-lance writer. E-mail address: david@groupz.net

...can you exam a brother's eye when you can barely see out of your own?" I DROPPED the rock. And I prayed for President Clinton. And I prayed for myself. The author is a local free-lance writer. E-mail address: david@groupz.net.