Another opportunity looms near this coming Lord’s Day, June 20, which has been designated “Father’s Day,” to reflect upon our fathers and find cause to thank God again for loving fathers who cherished us, taught us by example and exhortation, and disciplined us in faithfulness to God’s will, way and Word. It was my privilege toContinue reading “And Ye Fathers”
Author Archives: Dr. Anthony Slutz
Brother Marvin
That was what he was known by most people in Wilkes County, NC, where he grew up and lived his 87 years. He was one of nine children and he and his brothers and sisters learned early in life the meaning of hard work and values that would stand them in good stead. Marvin would neverContinue reading “Brother Marvin”
The Missionary that Almost Wasn’t
In the late 40’s, a young mother learned that she was expecting her third child, while she was desperately trying to nurture two small boys. Her second son had contracted tetanus at 18 months of age, but that diagnosis was “missed,” resulting in his condition digressing to the point that, in the hospital, he stoppedContinue reading “The Missionary that Almost Wasn’t”
Abandoned Baby
Recently, I read a story about a person who found a baby in an open field, a newly born infant, abandoned and helpless, still covered with birth-blood, unwashed and unclothed. This kind person stopped, took up the baby, washed it and clothed and cared for it, and over the course of years nourished, fed andContinue reading “Abandoned Baby”
From Ellen’s Corner
Yesterday was my wife’s birthday and though I will not broadcast the number of birthdays she has celebrated; I will share this key clue: in August of this year, we will have been married fifty-six years! She was a young bride. I think I have written in an earlier post about the value to a pastor’s ministry theContinue reading “From Ellen’s Corner”
Faith Healing
Newspapers across the nation carried a story of an eleven-year-old diabetic boy whose parents discarded his life-sustaining insulin that he had been taking for five years claiming that he had been healed after a so-called “faith healer” had laid hands on him in an attempt to “exorcise demons” and in so doing cure the ladContinue reading “Faith Healing”
Lest We Forget
Perhaps you have read as have I that the world’s great civilizations have had life spans of about 200 years, progressing in a sequence of (1) moving from bondage to spiritual faith; (2) from spiritual faith to courage; (3) from courage to liberty; (4) from liberty to abundance; (5) from abundance to selfishness; (6) fromContinue reading “Lest We Forget”
God of the Second Chance
Where would any one of us be without those in our lives who have given us a second chance or third chance or multiple chances? The teacher who refused to let us go our own stubborn way. The parent who sought us and brought us back from the “foreign country” that we had wandered aimlessly and foolishlyContinue reading “God of the Second Chance”
Waiting Patiently On The Lord
Most of us are not wired to wait well. We prefer immediate and tangible results. We don’t expect answers to our prayers will come instantly, but we do hope that the answers will come rapidly. Learning to live patiently with expectations and anticipations have not proven to be the “strong suit” for most of us,Continue reading “Waiting Patiently On The Lord”
Prayer Made Effectual
James, writer under the Holy Spirit’s superintendence, of the powerful New Testament epistle of James, half-brother of Jesus, could not have said it more emphatically when, in urging his readers to practice praying persistently, he said “The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” (James 5:16) Literally, the word order in its originalContinue reading “Prayer Made Effectual”
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