Most of us, I think, when we are beginning to start a new venture or task, or even learning a new job – we have to think about what the purpose is in doing that task. Learning what the purpose of that task is will help us to learn how to complete it properly and to its best advantage to us. So, with that thinking in our minds this morning, I want to ask a related question: Did you ever think about, or question: what the goal of the Gospel is? Did you ever think about what is the purpose of...

When we think about unconditional surrender, it is usually associated with the ending of a war or conflict between two or more countries. In our nation’s history, we have been engaged in disputes that culminated in war. The Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Gulf War. After fighting for some time against one another countries, or sides, realized the time has come to declare peace rather than continuing to fight against one...

Today, we live in a world where changes are made every day. In the past 50 years or so, we have seen more changes – and dramatic changes than all those that were made in all the centuries before that time. Little more than 150 years ago, people were in awe of the “horseless carriage” replacing the previous mode of travel – horseback, or a carriage pulled by actual “horsepower”. Of course, now we know that horseless carriage as the automobile – which of course, increased the speed of travel...