John Helbig

True Eternal Value

[294 words] “For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:8). When Kerry and I got married, I recognized an incredible responsibility of someone beside myself that I was now responsible to…

Desired Destination Determines Direction

[336 words] In Philippians 1:21, Paul says, “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” He follows that by discussing that in his present circumstances (being in prison) he could die, and he really doesn’t know whether he would choose life or death if it was his decision. Because if he…

And God, Could You…

[274 words] Events unfolding this past week reminded me of something that happened when our children were very young. Our four-year old son was sitting down to eat his breakfast. As we bowed to pray to God, he asked God to help his cough get better and to help his sister get well and not…

Auditing Our Time

[340 words] There has been a great amount of press lately on the effort being made to identify wasteful and corrupt spending of taxpayer dollars. Billions and trillions of dollars will be identified as having been unwisely or corruptly used. When our government continually operates with trillions of dollars of debt, I am hopeful that…

The Salutation of our Life

[443 words] In 2 Corinthians 3:2-3, Paul tells the church of God at Corinth, “You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone…