May 16, 2024 - The wise man would write in Proverbs 10:18, “He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool” Then we read in James 4:11 where James writes, “Speak not evil one of another, brethren.” Yet, how often do we jump to conclusions and spread falsehoods and rumors that damage the character and reputation of another?
May 9, 2024 - To forgive is one of the greatest expressions of the human spirit. To be sure, it is a God-given capability. Certainly, Alexander Pope was not engaged in the idle use of words when he wrote, “to err is human, to forgive, divine.”
May 2, 2024 - Have you ever seriously asked yourself if your life is counting for Christ? In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus instructs us to let our lights shine before men that we might “glorify the Father.” Peter instructs us to “show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light”.
April 25, 2024 - There was a popular song written in 1974 entitled “One Day At A Time” that has been recorded by somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 different recording artists. One line of the song reads, “Lord help me today, show me the way, one day at a time.”
April 18, 2024 - Most, if not all of us are familiar with the first miracle Jesus performed. It was at a wedding in Cana and Jesus and His disciples were there. Jesus’ mother, Mary, was there too. They ran out of wine and Jesus changed six pots of water into wine. It was not just any wine, it was better wine than what had already been served.
April 11, 2024 - There was a little church in Philippi that was near and dear to the Apostle Paul. It had its beginning when he and his companions went to the river to pray and came in contact with a woman from Thyatira by the name of Lydia.
April 4, 2024 - Have you ever given thought to the things you save? Some folks make sure to save their bacon grease. Some folks save their used foil. Some save string, others save pins and others make collections of various kinds. It may be a coin collection, a doll collection or a collection of sports trading cars. However, if you will tell me what a man or woman saves, I will be able to tell you what kind of person they are.
March 29, 2024 - We are and have been in that season of the year that we often refer to as the “Easter Season.” This coming Sunday is what is almost universally referred to as “Easter Sunday.” To be sure, the world has made a great thing and big deal of Easter Sunday.
March 21, 2024 - “For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away.” The writer of the book of James pictures for us here the brevity of life. Without question, life is fleeting. If you doubt the validity of that statement, just read the obituaries. Yet, what is your life individually? That is the question.
March 15, 2024 - Faultfinding is a bad habit that lots of people fall in to. The tragedy is that it is easily acquired and not easily broken. In case you haven’t noticed, we live in an imperfect world. Everything is flawed and defective. Institutions all blunder and fall short of the ideal.