Suffering Through Faith Hebrews 11:35b-40 Not everyone who experienced victory, were spared death or resurrected from the dead. Many would suffer being tortured to death instead of redeeming themselves out of the hands of the enemies by abandoning their faith. They would die trusting God to give them an even Read more…
Victory Through Faith Hebrews 11:32-35a Before the Hebrew writer ends his list of those who are members of Faith’s Hall of Heros, he points out that the list goes on and on. The question: “and what more shall I say?” was “a common homiletical and literary idiom for indicating that Read more…
Ten Immodesty Magnets The Bible approaches the idea of immodesty in dress from two different points of view. Women are to dress modestly (1 Tim. 2:9,10). Men are not to lust after women whether they are modestly dressed or not (Matt. 5:27-28). Keep in mind the Scriptures do not imply Read more…
Tips For Reviving Your Spiritual Spark Do gospel sermons seems like tired, old reruns? Does your mind and your mouth switch to automatic pilot during hymns? Do you get a lot more excited about your favorite sports team than you are about being a disciple of Jesus? Do you find Read more…
Jesus: The Master Fisher of Men Jesus was a carpenter by trade. He did have a lot of time and experience on the Sea of Galilee with several fishermen. On two different occasions Jesus helped his fishing disciples catch a large quantity of fish. First, in Luke 5:1-11 the disciples Read more…
Does Anyone Know a Cure for Chigger Bites? For our first wedding anniversary, Beverley and I decided to go see my friend Russ in Kerrville, Texas which is an hour west of San Antonio. (Have I ever mentioned my good friend Russ?) We visited with him in the evening but Read more…
Thirty-nine Happy Years Back in the mid-nineties Beverley and I took are two children to the Texas Camp near Austin. We served as camp counselors for a week. One of the night activities was a counselor talent show. One of the skits was a game show patterned after the Newlywed Read more…
Are You Coming or Are You Going? A little girl once said to her mother, “Mother, we learned in Sunday school today that we came from dust and that we are going back to dust. Is that true?” “Yes, darling, that’s true,” her mother answered. “Well, I just looked under Read more…
Hell’s Angels and Window Cleaner Working at a full service gas station while in High School brought me into contact with an assortment of curious characters. One of our regular customers, who never bought more than three dollars in gas, wanted to use one of our garage bays as his Read more…
Please, Recycle Your Corn Cobs Who doesn’t love corn on the cob? Growing up in north central Ohio in a family of eight we had an acre size garden in the rolling hills of the Mohican area. The soil was so rich and the summer rains so abundant, all we Read more…