Dear Friends, The fourth chapter of the Gospel of John contains the longest conversation recorded in Scripture. The principal participants are Jesus and a woman known only as “a Samaritan woman.” His disciples and her neighbors make appearances near the end, John had a long time to reflect on what he had seen and heard
A Word of Grace – May 16, 2016
Dear Friends, Last week’s message discussed what it means to “go back to Galilee” when your calling and your destiny is in Jerusalem. In other words, sometimes God changes our direction from where we thought we were headed with him. How do we respond to those detours? Sometimes those detours can take us through places
An Interview with Jim Buchholz
Steve Elmore: Give our readers some information about your work at California Baptist University and its mission. Jim Buchholz: I’ve been a Professor of Mathematics & Physics at California Baptist University (CBU) for the past 27+ years. During that time, I have seen the college grow from JBs than 700 students to more than 8500.
A Word of Grace – May 9, 2016
Dear Friends, Human nature tends to resist change. A lot of things motivate that resistance — pride, comfort, the threat of loss, fear of the unknown and disruption of familiar patterns and relationships would be some of those things. Yet, because we are mortal with limitations and inadequacies, change is inevitable. Jesus faced change as
A Word of Grace – May 4, 2016
Dear Friends, On a cold but sunny winter afternoon, I was seated on a large tractor tire tube racing down a snow-covered mountain slope. The tube hit a mound and went airborne. The rider in front of me fell off. I hung on when the tube slammed down. My neck wrenched with a crunch. I

