As we approach another Sabbath, it is comforting to remember that it comes at the end of every week, no matter what has happened on the previous six days. We've all had some weeks that were wonderful, and some weeks that were miserable. Most weeks are somewhere...

THIS EVENT HAS ENDED. Another Youth Weekend will happen, Lord willing, in 2023. A weekend of ministry, meetings, sports, and other fun activities? Where can I sign up? For youth in grades 7-12. Contact Bobby Godfrey at bobbyjgodfrey@gmail.com for more details and...

As I sit here Thursday night, I’m thinking of tomorrow, which is the start of the great Roxbury Mountain Cattle Company Rodeo. I can feel the fatigue already.  By the time you read this, I might already be in bed, and the young whippersnappers like Peter Reed,...

While TIMES OF RESTORATION does not take political positions, we feel it important in this column, in order to provide basis for further understanding and prayer, to discuss selected current events and trends in the light of God’s unchanging Word. Readers will...

Dear Sabbath Keepers,I have been reading a book by Larry Crab entitled The Marriage Builder. He emphasizes the point that everyone is looking for oneness or intimacy in their marriage. It doesn’t come automatically, but has to be built through intentional choices. He...

If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all people (Romans 12:18). Let your reasonableness be known to everyone (Philippians 4:5). Our battle is not against flesh and blood (Ephesians 6:12). "My personal question,” my friend Lisa said, “is how do...

There are many interesting and colorful characters in the Bible. Some model what is bad and many model what is good and right. Some, like Abraham and Moses and David, are mentioned many more times than anyone else, except the Lord Jesus Himself. We are edified and...

Holding fast to the Word of God is our best hope and our best defense. Think about these present realities.  irst, really “smart” people actually believe that all that we see, the created universe, was not created at all, that it is actually the result of a...

I recently came across a writer who suggested substituting “Jesus” for “the Word of God” when reading verses normally assumed to be about Scripture itself. The suggestion seemed legitimate to me, based on Revelation 19:14 (“and the name by which He is called is The...

Proverbs  3:5  Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:  In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths. Dear Friends, I have been thinking about trust. To put it simply, we would all really be a lot...