Why are so many people searching for spiritual guidance?
Gary Petty is a 1978 graduate of Ambassador College with a BS in mass communications. He worked for six years in radio in Pennsylvania and Texas. He was ordained a minister in 1984 and has served congregations in Longview and Houston Texas; Rockford, Illinois; Janesville and Beloit, Wisconsin; and San Antonio, Austin and Waco, Texas. He presently pastors United Church of God congregations in Nashville, Murfreesboro and Jackson, Tennessee.
Gary says he's "excited to be a part of preaching the good news of God's Kingdom over the airwaves," and "trusts the material presented will make a helpful difference in people's lives, bringing them closer to a relationship with their heavenly Father."
Most people in the United States claim they are religious, yet we are a nation searching for spiritual meaning. Has religion become a recreational activity?
Why is there evil in the world? Why are people consumed with hatred? What can't we experience a peaceful world?
What's wrong with the governments of this world? Why does human government seem to fail so often?
Where is God when there is so much evil and tragic suffering happening in this world?