In 1953, a small, struggling chemical company set themselves to producing a rust-prevention solvent and degreaser for use in the aerospace industry. It took 39 unsuccessful tries before they succeeded. That’s why that can in your garage, or on some shelf in your utility room, is called WD-40 (i.e., water displacement, 40th attempt). I usedContinue reading “Try, Try Again”
Author Archives: Dr. Anthony Slutz
How Would Jesus Evaluate Your Giving?
Jesus is pictured sitting near the Temple treasury observing how people were giving to God. (Mark 12:41-44) While many who were “rich” cast great sums into the depository, a widow who lived in poverty cast in just two mites, called a “farthing.” This was the least valuable of any Roman coin, said to be worthContinue reading “How Would Jesus Evaluate Your Giving?”
Overcoming
It has been almost 45 years since I met Dan. He was 18 then and headed for Bible college. His parents were members of the church I had just been called to pastor. Danny, as he is known to most of us, had been playing the piano and occasionally the organ at church. He wouldContinue reading “Overcoming”
Comfort for the New Year
As we face a new year in this relatively new millennium, there is much cause for consternation. Economic inflation; brutal warfare instigated against Israel by the Palestinian terrorist group, Hamas; Russia’s continued assault on Ukraine; world health crises, as we are still reeling from the world-wide pandemic—these are just a few concerns that keep prognosticatorsContinue reading “Comfort for the New Year”
Exclamation Marks, All the Way!
A new year is about to dawn. When I was a young husband/father, I remember talking with an insurance agent, and mention was made of the fact that I would be eligible for retirement or Social Security in the year 2007. At that time, “2007” was inconceivable to me. I had not thought of ever gettingContinue reading “Exclamation Marks, All the Way!”
Christmas Through the Eyes of Mary
(This is not original with me; I hope you will be blessed by it as I was) “And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria). And allContinue reading “Christmas Through the Eyes of Mary”
Christmas, Past and Future
Under a blanket of white, fresh snow on Christmas morn, the sleepy village woke as church bells rang in honor of the Christ-child born. Beside the tracks, white-framed, the old home-place still stood where 7 girls and 7 boys once gathered firewood. Long since were gone, forever past, those glee-filled days when children laughed, half-wildContinue reading “Christmas, Past and Future”
“The Best Day I Ever Had!”
Those words were not spoken by someone who had just won the lottery; or by someone who had just gotten promoted to a coveted position after years of hard work; or by a parent, reconciled to an estranged child after years of waiting, hoping, and praying; but by an 8-year-old bus kid two weeks agoContinue reading ““The Best Day I Ever Had!””
The Holy Spirit of Christmas
The world at large is now into the “spirit of Christmas,” which can mean multiple things—from gift-giving and parties to special musical cantatas and candlelight services to Christmas eve and morning around the Christmas tree, to mention just a few. But, I have been thinking about the Holy Spirit of Christmas. God’s Spirit, the HolyContinue reading “The Holy Spirit of Christmas”
Israel: the Big Picture
Bible-believers are following the events in the state of Israel with heightened interest, observing as always history past and present through the lens of scripture. As a pastor I have been musing about what and when to pen some thoughts on the subject. Until I do, I offer, with permission, the following article written byContinue reading “Israel: the Big Picture”
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