By Wesley Menke

Rev. Wesley Menke

Rev. Wesley Menke The Bible really can be quite a puzzle sometimes to figure out. This morning we read from 1 Corinthians some unusual advice from St. Paul. He says that: “7:29  the appointed time has grown short; from now on, let even those who have wives be as though they had none” What does that mean exactly? Act as though you don’t have a wife? One of the reasons for the reformation was that Christians are human beings like anyone else, most won’t be monastics. Some fall in love, get married, have families…and…everything else. Hahaha. I think what it […]

In many ways the story of the Bible is the same story that we see unfolding in the news today. There is nothing new under the sun. It is the story of some people attempting to live in peace between competing tyrannical interests. How long until peace reigns when there is a cessation of weapons? We were talking about this at Bible Study this past Thursday, and it seemed to us that the likelihood of there being peace in the middle east is about the same as a virgin becoming pregnant and having a baby. We need a miracle. We […]