Category Archives: September 2024

In As You Like It, Shakespeare wrote these famous lines: “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and every man in his time plays many parts.” The bard went on to say that every man has seven acts in his life: (1)Continue reading “King Joash: His Rise, Rule, and Ruin (7th in a series on Kings)”

Now, don’t let the title discourage you from reading on. I know the word Cabul, which occurs in I Kings 9:13, does not ring a bell with most of us (including myself until recently), but there is an important lesson to be gleaned therefrom. So bear with me please. The subject of this post isContinue reading “Cabul: Plain and Simple”

The Bible says, “Be not deceived. God is not mocked. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” (Gal.6:7) Few would argue the validity of the natural law of sowing and reaping. The farmer who does not sow much cannot expect to reap much; the farmer who doesn’t sow anything can expect to reapContinue reading “From a Godly Heritage to An Ungodly Holocaust (6th in a Series)”

Remember that chorus some of you used to sing at camp or in youth meetings: “Safe am I, safe am I, in the hollow of His hand; sheltered o’er, sheltered o’er, with His love forevermore. No ill can harm me, no foe alarm me, for He keeps both day and night. Safe am I, safeContinue reading “Safe Am I”

“And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.” (Rev. 5:10) In the Old Testament books of Kings and Chronicles, the lives of more than 40 kings were divinely sketched for us and included as part of God’s permanent record. Paul suggests that these Old Testament passagesContinue reading “The Worst of the Wicked (5th in series)”

(A few weeks ago, I mentioned in the post “59 and Counting” that my sister was involved in a terrible automobile crash on her way to our wedding in 1965. I was surprised to learn that my “children,” now in their 50’s, had never heard of that incident. So I am going to let myContinue reading “God’s Protection”

“And hast made us unto our God kings and priests, and we shall reign with Him on earth.” (Rev. 5:10) The Old Testament is not a dead book! It is replete with lessons on life and packed full with instructions. Every minute detail recorded for us by God’s Holy Spirit is for us to studyContinue reading “Jealous Jeroboam (Kings and Priests, Then and Now—4th in a series)”

A week ago, in God’s providences, our church, with some friends and family members, gathered to mark and memorialize the life of Vicki Murray, a lifelong member of Thompson Road Baptist Church in Indianapolis. Many who read this will not have known Vicki, but I think those of you who take the time to readContinue reading “One Single Life—Invested”