Here’s a tip to file away: If you’re going to lose a diamond from your ring, be sure to make it happen at the Pittsburgh International Airport. Workers there have a track record in finding what’s valuable. April Schmitt was returning from a business trip this past Friday (Friday the 13th!). As she reached to […]
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You need endurance
“For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised” Hebrews 10.36 The Bible teaches the necessity of faithfulness in order to be saved. A synonym for faithfulness is perseverance or endurance. Boyer’s little encyclopedia defines it as “steadfastness, constancy in faith, in virtues.” The CNBB Bible describes it […]
The Grace to Know My Place
“For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.” (Romans 12:3) Dr. Bronson Ray, a highly respected brain surgeon, once happened upon […]
The Value of Positive “Peer Pressure”
I wasn’t ready to do it yet. I really didn’t want to get started at it. But, my neighbor had already mowed his grass two times, and my yard was looking pretty shabby. I figured if he mowed a third time before I mowed the first time, it would really make me look bad. So, […]
Fools
Fools and foolishness are given ample coverage in the book of Proverbs. Combining descriptions found there with other biblical references, we can roughly define these people as: obstinate, not able to fathom themselves as wrong, stupidly stubborn, rushing headlong and without reason into life, close-minded to the havoc they cause themselves and others, senseless, and […]
Is Silence License?
“For it is evident that out Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood” (Heb 7:14). Jesus could not have been a priest when He lived on the earth – He would have been in violation of God’s Law – He would have been acting on the silence of the Scripture. […]
How to Live a Defiant Joy Philippians 2:14-30
First, don’t be a complainer or a grumbler! Especially when it comes to God’s words (which is the context of Philippians 2). That does not mean that you have to accept everything that is said and done without offering criticism. Nothing would ever improve if we never offered criticism! But change the things you can […]
How Much Time Is Left?
A man’s house was burning. At the first sign of smoke he had rushed out to buy a fire extinguisher. Before he returned, the roof and walls had collapsed, destroying all his furnishings. A man’s doctor warned him of a bad heart condition. From the doctor’s office he went immediately to the insurance salesman, but […]
Providence and Discipline
King Ahab was a wicked man; the historian tells us that he was more wicked than “all who were before Him” (1 Kings 16:30). That’s quite a statement! It was a “trivial thing” for him to walk in the sins of King Jeroboam, but he also married Queen Jezebel through whom he worshipped and served […]
Family Dinner Matthew 26:26-30
When I was growing up, my family had at least two meals together every day. Unless Dad had yet another part-time job that meant he had to be away from the family at breakfast, generally speaking, we ate breakfast and dinner together every single day. There are happy memories of us eating dinner together. We […]