It is called a "full body scan", and when you pass through US Airport Security checkpoints, you'll get one, or a full body "pat down". Imaging devices are used to scan passengers' bodies and produce X-ray like images which reveal objects concealed beneath clothes.

These measures are deemed necessary, and most people are willing to put up with them rather than be blown out of the skies by the action of some fanatic.

Did you know that God also scans us? Psalm 139 in the Old Testament says, "O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up. You understand my thought afar off, and are acquainted with all my ways."

If you are not a terrorist, you likely won't object to these security scans. And if you have a right relationship with the Lord, the heavenly Father's watching over you is not something to fear but to welcome. I hope you have that good relationship with the Lord.
(Pastor Alex Rockwell)

The noted atheistic philosopher Voltaire, who died in 1778, declared that the Bible had been discredited by so many findings of science, he predicted it would be a museum piece within a century. He enumerated 45 points he claimed were known facts of science of his day on which the Bible and science disagreed.


But a few years ago, a college president, intrigued by the prediction, decided to examine Voltaire's 45 points. He found that present-day facts had disproved every one of Voltaire's so-called scientific theories, and that not a scientist of our day would agree with any of the noted philosopher's 45 points. 

May I suggest that the next time you hear an attack on the authenticity of the Bible and predictions of its demise, you remember Voltaire. The Bible is still here, and still transforming lives. It is the world's most amazing book. Please read it yourself and see what it can do in your life if you heed its teachings.
(Pastor Alex Rockwell)

US President, Barak Obama, recently bestowed the Medal of Honour on Dakota Meyer, a young marine, who defied orders to save 36 lives at extraordinary risk to himself. Because of the danger, Meyer's commander had refused his request to head into the fray to rescue his fellow marines and soldiers. But refusing to obey commands, Meyer went in and miraculously survived.

It is a story of great valour. When I read this, I was reminded of a story in the Bible where Jesus had risen from the dead and His disciples went everywhere telling the glad story of Christ's resurrection. But they were imprisoned and told not to preach or teach anymore in the name of Jesus. In reply to this order, they said, "We must obey God rather than men."

If some person or circumstance is keeping you from accepting God's offer of forgiveness and a new life, remember that obedience to God always takes precedence over obedience to men. Will you join the brace people who lived in the time of Christ and say, "I must obey God rather than men."?
(Pastor Alex Rockwell)

The wife of the alcoholic spoke sadly to the man who had come to repossess her husband’s car. "Joe’s a good man when he is sober, but he can’t leave it alone." Tears came in her eyes as she added, "He is an alcoholic but he is a good man."

Stories similar to that could be told day in and day out of how alcohol takes its terrible toll in the lives of millions of good people. Our governments and the millionaires who distribute alcoholic beverages continue to make money at the expense of these troubled people who we call alcoholics. I’d like to see an advertising campaign against alcoholic beverages showing the havoc they wreak on people. If cigarette smoking is a health hazard, then surely consumption of alcohol is a disaster to our lives. 

Even if you can drink moderately without being hooked, the milk of human kindness should cause you to quit because of the potential influence on others who cannot drink in moderation, and who with just one drink may be on the road to addiction and all too often to a drunkard’s grave.
Pastor Alex Rockwell