D.S. al Coda: Go to the Sign of the Cross, Then proceed to the End

     December - the last month of 2012.  We are approaching another milestone as 2013 is just around the corner.  No matter how you choose to participate or boycott the annual events of this holiday season, this month will trigger many nostalgic memories for all of us.  From Thanksgiving to Hanukkah or Christmas, to New Year's Eve, the annual repetition of family and church events packed into this month make it especially difficult to experience if you have lost a loved one in 2012.  This Sunday, December 2nd, Lexington Baptist is conducting a Memorial Service at 6:00 PM.  The purpose for this service is primarily to offer people who are in the grief process an opportunity to remember and honor their loved one and draw strength from the Holy Spirit and God's Word to face a world that for them has changed drastically because of death.       Death is not something we want to dwell upon.  Ebeneezer Scrooge sang (in the Albert Finney version of Scrooge), "I like life, life

Does the Bible give us any qualifications for who should be our president?  Yes it does!  2 Samuel 23:3 says, "He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God."  These words are recorded in the Bible as being among the "last words of David".  So, according to this admonition our president needs to be one who can be described as "just".  The dictionary defines "just" as    1. fair and impartial: acting with fairness and impartiality     2 . morally correct: given in accordance with what is morally right      3. reasonable: valid or reasonable For those that say that it does not matter about a candidate's personal moral character or what he does in his private life as long as he makes good policies, please note this and read on.   King David also tells us that he should be a man who understands what it means to fear God.  Proverbs 1:7 says, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom