Monthly Archives: April, 2016
“Merchant of Death Dies”
Just suppose that you are a successful inventor and businessman living in the late 1890’s. You are a bachelor sitting down in a café for your breakfast. While you sip your morning beverage you also open the newspaper that you purchased on the corner. Hastily you skim the front page contents, turn to the inside …
Majority and Minority
Jeremiah is a fascinating book in the Old Testament. It is packed with accounts of Jewish history from the time of King Josiah until the return from Captivity. In a nutshell, for those of you who may not read the Old Testament through, God chose Israel for a special blessing and the nation grew from …
Picnic or Poison?
Each spring one of the signs that the warm up is becoming consistent is the appearance of ants in my kitchen. Needless to say, they are frustrating. I have absolutely no objection to the ant as long as the ant stays outside. The Bible tells us to observe the ant, in fact. We are supposed …
Unshakable Faith
Power is used in two suggested ways: authority, and dynamite. This hunger for power is evident in so many ways in our world. From the little dog marking territory to the Oval Office of our nation someone strives to be the most powerful. The person who seeks power wants to make decisions for others. The …
After Easter
Jesus made several appearances during the forty days He was on earth after the resurrection. This week I used some of these post resurrection events in the weekly devotional I deliver to groups. I always taught similar lessons to my Children’s Church groups in all the years I taught them. So many teachers fail to …
The Shepherd's Presence 