Musings

By Dr. Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ “For you know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night” (I Thessalonians 5:2.) There appears to be some new hysteria about signs of the coming of the end of the world. The latest involves...

Shari Young is a local children’s book author who lives in the PCB area. Shari writes with the intent to encourage children to learn about the beach. Her love for the beach and dolphins inspired her book series idea which came to life with book 1, “Learning the Waves...

By Sean Dietrich The hotel pool. The sun is high. All the hotel guests’ children are wearing bathing suits, excitedly scurrying into the pool so they can pee in it. I travel for a living and stay in lots of hotels. In my short time on this planet, I’ve learned a...

By Dr. Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ “How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the ground” (Isaiah 14:12) Many would say, “Now wait a minute, Satan is a fallen angel, right? How can you say he has not fallen?”...

By Sean Dietrich Willie Nelson is on my radio. He is singing one of my favorite songs. “In the twilight glow I see her, “Blue eyes crying in the rain, “When we kissed goodbye and parted, “I knew we’d never meet again…” I turn it up because I am a sucker for this tune. Though,...

By Dr. Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ I love history, especially Bible history. The Book of Acts in your Bible is a record of the events that took place from the ascension of Christ through the preaching ministry of the Apostle Paul. All along the way we are...

By Sean Dietrich I had a dream about him last night. It has been nearly three decades since he died, but there he was. Alive. We met in some kind of diner. A breakfast joint. Maybe this was heaven? He was running late, I was already sitting in a booth, sipping...

By Sean Dietrich I am an imaginary old man. I am every World War II veteran you never knew. I am each faceless GI from the bygone European War. Or any other war for that matter. I am in my 90s and 100s now. Lots of young folks probably don’t even...

By Dr. Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ It’s so refreshing to hear someone say, “Have a blessed day.” It may sound a little hokey and insincere to some, but the Bible speaks of it frequently. The word “blessed” is given over 300 times in the scriptures, and that...

By Kerry Knight, Minister for the Emerald Beach Church of Christ George Washington Carver once said, “I will never let another man ruin my life by making me hate them.” Carver was an African American and an innovator during a very difficult time in our country’s history after the Civil...