Ya’ Snooze, Ya’ Lose To be painfully honest, I too have preached a sermon, maybe two, which have been genuine cures for any insomniac. People falling asleep in church has been a common problem since Eutychus fell from the third story window while Paul was preaching till midnight (Acts 20:7f). Read more…
All “Dogs” Go To Hell As Americans we love our pets, especially our dogs. The idea of spending eternity in Heaven without our favorite hairy canine companions is too hard for some to take. Perhaps this is why the musical animated movie of 1989, All Dogs Go to Heaven, met Read more…
Golden Arches Over Burger King Before you read this, please keep in mind the names have been changed to protect the guilty. A late morning wedding on a Saturday left me so hungry that by the time it was over I could have eaten the rice they threw at the bride Read more…
Diotrephes Vs. Demetrius 3 John 1:9-12 John’s third letter is the shortest book in the New Testament. It is composed of about only two hundred fourteen words in the Greek manuscripts. Brief as it may be this epistle has much to say about the apostle John’s character judgments about three Read more…
Where Did All the Drunks Go? Whatever happened to the sin of drunkenness? Paul warned in Galatians chapter five those who commit “envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things Read more…
Bad Words “See how great a forest a little fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by Read more…
Gehazi: Greed Gone To Seed 2 Kings 5:20-27 Donald Trump once said “you can’t be too greedy.” There are many men and women in the Bible that could take issue with president-elect Trump. Adam and Eve coveted the forbidden fruit. Their greed cost them the Garden of Eden which was Read more…
Packing Tips for the Trip to Heaven What You Need to Pack Now that you have seen what not to pack. Let us take at look of some items that should be on your packing list for the trip to heaven. A Map First, like anyone making a long journey Read more…
Packing Tips for the Trip to Heaven What Not to Pack A ghostly imperial guard of more than 7,000 life-size clay soldiers has been unearthed in mainland China. Archeologists consider it one of the most spectacular finds of the age. The royal army, standing in battle formation to protect the Read more…
Does It Matter What We Call God? A couple of months ago Beverley and I took our about to be two year old granddaughter, Kenzie, shopping at a mall. At one particular store we found an inexpensive ball for Kenzie. When I carried her up to the cash register, she Read more…