A recent story carried by United Press International told of a men’s fedora hat that was auctioned. I did a search on the Internet for hats of this kind and found a wide range of prices. One had a price tag of $200, too expensive for me. That one that was recently auctioned, however, brought […]
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A Praying Church Acts 12:5
This lesson is to encourage us to pray constantly and fervently. The first martyr among the apostles had been killed by Herod (Acts 12:1-2). Herod proposed to kill Peter to please the Jews (Acts 12:3). Herod intended to kill Peter after the Jewish Passover (Acts 12:4). The church did what it could under the circumstances […]
Change Adds Up
I have a change jar on my nightstand. Every night before bed, as I am emptying my pockets, I throw any spare change I have in the jar. I don’t have change every day because I don’t use cash every day. Like many people I use a debit card for most transactions, so I would […]
Lamentations
In 154 verses Jeremiah pours out a heartfelt, tear-stained lament over the destruction of Jerusalem and the carrying away of God’s people into Babylonian captivity. For some 40 years Jeremiah had prophesied of the coming judgment of God through Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonian kingdom (Jer. 1-29). Interestingly, Jeremiah refers to Babylon some 150 times in […]
Hell is Righteous 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10
Former Beatle John Lennon had his biggest success as a solo artist with the song “Imagine.” Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, wrote the song together, which includes lyrics like the following, Imagine there’s no heaven It’s easy if you try No hell below us Above us, only sky Whether it’s from a humanist standpoint, […]
Bible-Based Parenting Discipleship is the Goal
First, the Bible: “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:4). We have emphasized that the goal of parenting is to raise children to become mature adults and, to be more specific, adults who have a relationship with Jesus which they […]
The Truth and Nothing But the Truth!
“Do you agree strongly, agree somewhat, disagree somewhat, or disagree strongly with the following statement: There is no such thing as absolute truth; different people can define truth in conflicting ways and still be correct.” How would you answer the above query? George Barna, in his book What Americans Believe, found that 72% of the […]
Here I Am, Send Me
I recently went to Bojangles to try their new chicken wings and learned that the employee who was talking with me was in training. I let him know that was completely understandable and to take his time. We have all been in this worker’s position at some point in our lives. This conversation made me […]
The King of All Luke 19:28-40
If you work at the same company for a long time, you will likely work under a number of different managers. It’s always shocking when a new manager comes in and does things completely differently. However, if the manager is good, the changes will probably be for the better. Jesus’s birth is completely different from […]
Are You Kidding Me?
Some time ago I read an AP news article reporting that our federal government created a commission to “find a way to make up the growing revenue shortfall in the program that funds highway repairs and construction.” It seems that motorists are not buying enough gasoline/diesel to generate the funds to keep our transportation infrastructure […]