Monthly Archives: August 2020

Death is every man’s enemy from the time of our birth until we draw our last breath as it stalks us, hunts and hounds us doggedly and at last raises its white flag of “victory” over our fallen frame with lips and limbs that have taken up residency in the city of the silent. AmericanContinue reading “Death Be Not Proud”

So, you are an ardent believer in Christ Jesus as Lord and an earnest follower of His, reading and heeding His words.  You are, therefore, immune from being hurt; that is mental, emotional or spiritual suffering because of how some other person, even another believer, wronged you either intentionally or unintentionally, through ignorance or through ingenuity.  Right?  Wrong!Continue reading “How to Handle Hurt”

Written in Latin and signed in 1215, the English Magna Carta was a document specifying the relationship between the governed and the governing in mid-evil English history and became a crucial document in the history of that nation and in time our own.  In a similar fashion, three months after the nation of Israel left EgyptContinue reading “America, Idolatry and Covid-19”

No one in their right mind should want to commit the “Unpardonable Sin.”  Jesus identified that sin in Matthew 12 when the Pharisees, the leaders of Israel, accused Him of casting out devils by the power of Beelzebub, the prince of devils. (Matt. 12:24)   Jesus reasoned in response to their unbelief that Satan would be divided againstContinue reading “The Unpardonable Sin and the Sin unto Death”

That’s how long it has been since Ellen and I sealed our love with sacred vows and at a humble altar promised ourselves each to the other.  The memory of that night in North Carolina in that white steepled church where we joined hands and hearts in a lifetime journey is etched into the deepest recessesContinue reading “Fifty-five Years Later”

Read Matthew 14:22-33 Jesus had “constrained” His disciples to cross the sea in a boat assuring them that He would catch up with them.  He had, with the disciples, fed thousands of hungry folks, having taught them and having healed many of their sick.  He was exhausted and needed to retreat into a mountain place to restContinue reading “When Faith Falters”

Ever wonder why or how a preacher became a preacher?  Some might think it one day dawned upon a particular person that he was a “natural” at public speaking; or that he had a winsome personality and was good-natured and a “people person.”  Some would guess that a certain man had a father or grandfather that wasContinue reading “How to Become a Preacher”