Posts By: Carol Dietz

The Journey of Faith

The journey to the promise is what builds our faith and is why we so desperately need God’s daily grace. The journey is naturally what we resist when it becomes physically taxing and is what we tend to want to give up on because it’s taking too long. But it’s in the journey that we… Read more »

What of the Future?

Matthew 16:18 “And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.”   Every generation seems to think that his/her generation is the worse; that it couldn’t get any worse and so there seems to be… Read more »

Mob Appeal

Proverbs 14:12 “There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.”   Mob appeal is an attempt to persuade others by either making them feel like they want to be ‘one of the guys’ or by preying on the emotions of a large crowd. Socrates once… Read more »

If We Were 100% United

Think of what power and authority the church could have in America if we were 100% united. We saw what some of the church had the power and authority to do at the 2016 election of Donald Trump, when everyone was SURPRISED!   If the church were 100% united then that which is evil would… Read more »

Radical Islam

CAIR: The Counsel for American-Islamic Relations. A Muslim civil rights and advocacy group. Its headquarters is on Capitol Hill in Washington DC with regional offices nationwide.   If you don’t know anything about Islam – the one thing you need to know is that the Islam god is the only true god: Allah. Allah in… Read more »

Poisoning the Well

Proverbs 10:11 “The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.”   Proverbs 10:31 “The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.”   Proverbs 11:9 “With his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous… Read more »

Blessing and Curse

Recently I listened to a Christian speaker who said that when someone curses you and you curse them back then their curse will stay with you, but if you bless them back when they curse – their curse returns on them. I thought about this and thought how many times I have not returned a… Read more »

My Closest Friend

I have a Friend who is my best Friend. I meet with this Friend who is closer than a brother, every single morning for our time together. I wake up between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. to be with this friend of mine for hours where we talk, laugh and cry. What makes this person… Read more »

Pastors of Yesteryears

Where are the pastors of years ago? “The black-robed regiment of the Revolutionary Period were men of God who spoke out concerning the issues of the day. This label of “black-robed” was given to pastors especially in Colonial America that were very instrumental in America winning their independence. The reason why they were called “black-robed regiment”… Read more »

Tradition vs. Miracles

In John chapter 9 is the account of Jesus when He heals a blind man on the Sabbath. The Pharisees rejected the man and Jesus because He healed on the Sabbath. The question I have, is how many traditions do we observe in the churches that hinder miracles, that shy away from the truth, that get… Read more »