by Matt Ritchey | Nov 21, 2019 | Truth Aflame
If God is Good, why do pain, evil, and suffering exist? I was reading the newspaper one Tuesday evening in Beloit, Wisconsin. Here is a sampling of some of the stories: A Milwaukee father shot his two sons after arguing over a basketball game. He claims his sons... by Matt Ritchey | Oct 10, 2018 | Truth Aflame
Honestly, I never thought the post-modern viewpoint would affect us in the drastic way that it has. Even Christians, young and old, have been unknowing victims of this effect ploy of Satan. This viewpoint has affected almost every function of society from the issue of... 
by Matt Ritchey | May 27, 2017 | Truth Aflame
“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear.” 1 Peter 3:15 “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how... by Matt Ritchey | Apr 23, 2017 | Truth Aflame
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 My family had a kitten named Butterscotch. Cats are not my... by Matt Ritchey | Jun 17, 2015 | Truth Aflame
The statistics are daunting. Depending on which poll you follow, anywhere from 70%-80% of our young people walk away from the church as they graduate high school. This means that of those twenty teens you have in your youth group, only three will keep coming when they...