It was the earliest days of the Church that Jesus founded. Peter, on the notable Day of Pentecost, had preached a message to thousands of pilgrim peoples from all over the world, gathered there for this annual Jewish holy day. What made this day diametrically different than all those preceding it was that the long-promisedContinue reading ““They Had Been With Jesus””
Author Archives: Dr. Anthony Slutz
If I Were the Devil (updated version)
A friend, Ken Turner of Benson, IL, established High Impact Ministries in 2008 after serving as a a youth pastor for 20 years. High Impact is a “frontline outreach to high-risk and fatherless youth and families.” This past weekend, Ken posted a jaw-dropping article that he allowed me to share with “You and God” readers:Continue reading “If I Were the Devil (updated version)”
Your Adversary
Lots of names are given to him in scripture—Devil, Satan, Deceiver, Murderer, Liar and the father of lies, “god” of this world, and many more; but concerning each of us personally, probably the most significant appellation is “your adversary, the devil.” (I Pet. 5:8) He is a person older than time itself, and he willContinue reading “Your Adversary”
“Forgive us our debts”
If you were living during the Vietnam War, it is quite possible that you remember a picture of Kim Phuc, a nine year-old Vietnamese girl who, in the horror of war, was almost killed when napalm started falling on her village from a plane flown reportedly by a South Vietnamese pilot. The picture that wasContinue reading ““Forgive us our debts””
Praises This Thanksgiving Day
Margaret Sangster captured in a poem what most everyone feels in our hearts today: “For the days when nothing happens, for the cares that leave no trace; for the love of little children, for each sunny dwelling place; for the altars of our fathers, and the closets where we pray, Take, O gracious God andContinue reading “Praises This Thanksgiving Day”
A Thanksgiving Prayer and Promise
(Sixty years ago this Thanksgiving, I wrote the following Thanksgiving prayer and promise to my fiancé, Ellen. It is as true today as then, and I thought it might be time to share it with you all.) Prayer: O Thank You, Lord, for every gift, That life affords to me; With voice to Thee myContinue reading “A Thanksgiving Prayer and Promise”
A Tribute to Ted and Margaret
(My parents celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary 20 years ago this fall; I marked the happy occasion with this tribute that is late getting up on “You and God.”) They were hard, lean times…the worst of times. The “war to end all wars” was past, and the drumbeats were soon to mark the beginning of anotherContinue reading “A Tribute to Ted and Margaret”
“I Will Come Again….”
Richard C. Halverson, chaplain of the U.S. Senate from 1981 to 1995, said of the Second Coming of Christ: “If you could pin people down, I think you would find very few longing for the return of Christ. His return now would instead constitute an interruption of our plans.” (Christianity Today, 1982) That, in spiteContinue reading ““I Will Come Again….””
Josiah—A King in a Class of His Own (10th and last in a series on Old Testament Kings)
“And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses, neither after him arose there any like him.” (II Kings 23:25) Those words were written about a king whoContinue reading “Josiah—A King in a Class of His Own (10th and last in a series on Old Testament Kings)”
The Principal Thing
If you achieve every goal, reach the pinnacle of your profession, enjoy every imaginable luxury in life, and leave this world with banks full of money for your posterity—but fail to possess and practice what God calls wisdom—you will have been an utter failure. God says: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning ofContinue reading “The Principal Thing”
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