Matthew 24:36-44 Sandy's sister and her boyfriend were coming to visit us a few weeks ago. They'd not been to Tennessee before, and we were looking forward to showing them around and introducing them to many of the things that have become important to us since moving here two years ago. For days before their arrival, Sandy worked hard to get everything ready, and I tried to complete in advance some of my work so we could spend some time with them. They were leaving from Massachusetts on Saturday morning. The plan was to either drive straight through to [READ MORE]

2 Thessalonians 3:1-13 When I was a young grammar school student, I was - like everyone else in my generation - taught to "duck and cover". Do you remember? In those days, we lived under the constant cold war threat of a possible nuclear attack, so we were taught that little jingle to give us a chance in the event The Bomb went off. The memory of air raid warnings, and tests "of the emergency broadcast system - this is a test, this is only a test!", still produce chilling feelings of a time when my friends and I actually had a plan for [READ MORE]