(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”
Author Archives: Dr. Anthony Slutz
“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”
“Sir, We Would See Jesus.” (John 12:21)
And, it is my heartfelt desire that all who read this will, too, see Jesus! Of this Jesus, an unknown author has written: “He was born in an obscure village, and grew up in another obscure village where he worked in a carpenter’s shop until he was 30, and then for three years as anContinue reading ““Sir, We Would See Jesus.” (John 12:21)”
The Power of 1
“By the grace of God, I am what I am,” the Apostle Paul, church planting evangelist par excellence, said of himself humbly in I Cor. 15:10—just after confessing that he was least of all the apostles and not worthy to be called an apostle. Yet he was what he was! And, so are you! YouContinue reading “The Power of 1”
Mighty Micaiah
Of the Pharisees, the Word says: “They loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.” (John 12:43) This was true of the Pharisees and, sadly, it is true also of many “religionists” today who, having a form of godliness, deny the power thereof. Nowhere is this more readily found than in theContinue reading “Mighty Micaiah”
Beware!
From the founding of the local New Testament church—on the Day of Pentecost, in about 30 A.D.—to the present, believers have been engaged in spiritual warfare against principalities and powers and spiritual wickedness in high places. (Eph. 6:12) Our only hope and help against these other worldly powers is “the whole armor of God.” (Eph.Continue reading “Beware!”
A Good King Who Died A Leper (9th in a series on Kings and Priests)
A 17th-century poet had this to say about good and bad kings: “Good kings are mourned for after life; but ill, and such as govern only by their will, and not their reason—unlamented fall; no good man’s tears shed at their funeral.” This was certainly the case with King Amaziah (see the Oct. 3 “YouContinue reading “A Good King Who Died A Leper (9th in a series on Kings and Priests)”
On The Light Side
Solomon reminds us that “a merry heart doeth good like a medicine.” (Provs. 17:22) We have all been in very tense, maybe nerve-racking situations, when some wag uttered an utterly ridiculous thought that caused even the most wearisome among us to laugh. There was always in school—and maybe there is in every family—someone whose geniusContinue reading “On The Light Side”
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