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Continue reading →: Corona Virus – Empty Streets
The Corona virus panic has resulted in ‘stay at home’ orders. Closures of almost every business is forcing people to stay home. It’s an eerie feeling out. In a fast-paced society, the emptiness and quietness is almost deafening. This photo was taken from a pedestrian walkway about Route 279 at…
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Continue reading →: Corona Virus – No Church Services
Many churches in the area have followed the advice of the local officials. To curb the spread of the disease, they are closing their doors… at least for March 22nd.
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Continue reading →: Psalm 96
Amazing Grace A story of the Great Blasphemer In 1736, at age 11, John Newton took the first of many sea voyages with the merchant navy captain. He was fired from his first job for “unsettled behavior and impatience of restraint”, a pattern that would persist for many years. He…
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Continue reading →: Corona Virus – The Run on Bread
There are various things disappearing from the store shelves. So far the grocery supply chains seem to be replenishing the shelves after a day or two, but for some reason people are buying up bread and cleaning supplies right now.
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Continue reading →: Corona Virus – The Run on Toilet Paper
As the news media became fixed upon the spreading Corona virus, fear and panic gripped Americans collectively. The first reaction was to hoard all the toilet paper. This is the toilet paper aisle at Walmart in Butler, PA.
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Continue reading →: We Are Chosen
Ephesians 1:4 The theological term ‘election’ is something that’s been debated for centuries by people who have minds and intellects that are infinitely greater than mine. The debate in it’s simplest form asks this question, “Do we choose God or does God choose us?” We could point to many verses…
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Continue reading →: Is God Moderately Pleasing?
In working through John Piper’s book, Reading the Bible Supernaturally, we’re challenged to think about the intensity of our worship. White-hot worship is the only option. Anything else gives the impression that God is only moderately pleasing to us.
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Continue reading →: The Roaring Lion
Nobody wants to lose. Whether it’s on a board game, a football field or a battlefield, people will kick and scratch and claw for every advantage so that losing is not an option. “You have to know what the opponent can do”. – Bill Belichick Bill Belichick, the coach of…
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Continue reading →: What Do These Stones Mean?I have spent a significant amount of time in cemeteries lately because of my research into my family history. All sorts of headstones and epitaphs fill the corners of every community, large or small. There’s nowhere you can drive without passing a burial ground of some sort. These are the…
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Continue reading →: What About the Family Tree?Should we spend time looking into our past by studying our genealogy? Is it a waste of time to look into our ancestry? Maybe more importantly, we should ask if it is wrong to do so. In the Bible, Paul’s letter to Titus says to avoid foolish controversies and…
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Continue reading →: Jeff Lynne’s ELO Concert
Music is a window into the soul. Guitar solos, drum beats and a well-written lyric will open up emotions that many other things are incapable of doing. On Thursday evening, August 1, Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra shared some of their classic music with an eager-to-listen Pittsburgh crowd at PPG…
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Continue reading →: The Days of Creation
Genesis 1:2-31 There’s no reason to take the days of creation as anything other than literal 24-hour days. Each day is qualified by the terms ‘morning and evening’ which points to a literal day as we know it. The Hebrew word ‘yom’ in the original text also means a literal…
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Continue reading →: Foundations
Foundations are important. Skyscrapers would crumble without a good foundation. Bridges would collapse. Houses would shift. The most stable foundations must be built upon the bedrock, in some cases, requiring significant excavation. A typical house might weight about 70 tons, and so the blocks that hold the house must…
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Continue reading →: In the Recording Studio!Jesse’s band has been working very hard over the last few months at the Hollywood Studios of Pittsburgh to record an EP. Producer Matt Muckle and engineer Matt Vaughan are helping the guys create a CD which will contain 3 of their own songs. They are almost finished with the…
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Continue reading →: Back to Back ShowsJesse’s band performed twice this past weekend. Once at Pullman Park on Friday, where they surprised us with an energetic version of Wild Thing. Then late Saturday evening they stormed the Youth Stage at the Deutschtown Music Festival on the North Side of Pittsburgh with even more energy. The crowd…
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Continue reading →: Hard Rock CafeJesse’s band played a half hour set at the Hard Rock Cafe at Station Square in Pittsburgh on Tuesday June 25th. They had use of their high quality sound system and they sounded amazing! Jesse loves to entertain and is very good at making people happy with his music.
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Continue reading →: Oaks Theater Open Jam NightJesse and the guys had an impromptu urge to play at the Oaks Theater in Oakmont for their once-a-month Open Jam Night. They really get some talented musicians to play there and they have a really good sound system. The band sounded REALLY good!
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Continue reading →: Butler Eagle FeatureJesse and his band made it into the local newspaper for the third time. This article was about the recent name change from ‘This Is The World’ to ‘Trevolta’ with a plug for their upcoming event at Hard Rock Cafe in Pittsburgh.
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Continue reading →: Maturing in Insight
Understanding Biblical truth is a matter of life and death. The Psalmist was acutely aware of this fact when he pleaded with God, ‘give me understanding that I may live’ (Psalm 119:144). The implication being that if he does not comprehend – if he does not ‘get it’ – then he…
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Continue reading →: Jazz Band PerformanceThe Knoch High School jazz band performed their annual Spring Concert on Thursday, May 16. Jesse was amazing on the bass guitar! Bass players often get no credit because they are in a supporting role, but usually they are the ones driving the beat and keeping the tempo. Great job…
This site is a collection of my commentary on theology, current events, and everyday blue collar life. My primary purpose is to share my own personal studies in the Scriptures and to show how the Bible has been changing my life. The content here is meant to be an encouragement to my brothers and sisters in Christ: to view everything through the lens of God’s Word, for the Scriptures are what shapes our thinking and governs our behavior.
Establish my footsteps in Your Word ~ Psalm 119:133 