“Familiarity breeds contempt.” We have all experienced this with a person, a place, or a job. You started a job with high hopes and great energy. You thoroughly enjoyed the people you worked with and looked forward to arriving every day. But after years of the same old same old,...

On Sunday we looked at a verse that would seem to clearly end all discussion on the matter. In John 1:21 we read, “They asked him, ‘What then? Are you Elijah?’ And he said, ‘I am not.’” However, as several studious saints (including some children, I might add) observed, this...

In the timeless wisdom of that great culinary maven Julia Childs, “With enough butter, anything is good.” This magical ingredient emerges from thin milk as a virtuous solid full of flavor and substance. Flaked cold into a pie crust or melting over fresh bread, butter has earned its place in...