Have you seen the commercial recently where the little boy is following a man around and asking him why about everything… and finally at the end of the commercial we discover that this boy is not the son of the man but asking him these questions because of the intelligence the man has because of the type of carContinue reading “Why?”
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Terror – Honor – Prosperity
We all work hard to make something out of ourselves. Some of us have to work harder than others, maybe because of the side of the tracks we come from, maybe because of how many resources are availed to us from mommy and daddy. Maybe because of the country we are born in. In the USA we talkContinue reading “Terror – Honor – Prosperity”
O give thanks…
I really don’t feel like giving thanks. I have been without a call for over 4 months (that’s 120+ days). Now my wife is working and coming home bone tired, not that the work she did before did not wear her out, but it was here and we could help (and every now and thenContinue reading “O give thanks…”
Fruit
“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and theContinue reading “Fruit”
vengeance upon them
But the LORD is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble; they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed. Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten. O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committedContinue reading “vengeance upon them”
Boast in your greatness…
See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh who would force you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For even those who are circumcisedContinue reading “Boast in your greatness…”
see but not perceive…
Today we have the parable of the sower from Mark 4:1-20 and Jesus explanation of this to the disciples. At one point Jesus says that he teaches in parables so that those outside the circle “may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they should turn and be forgiven.” This is an interesting reason, wouldn’tContinue reading “see but not perceive…”
2 trees or not 2 trees – that is the question
We get so hung up on the fruit and the tree and the serpent being the devil and a bunch of stuff that we learned in Sunday School that simply isn’t in the Bible. I wonder sometimes why the apple got the short straw on being the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. Was thisContinue reading “2 trees or not 2 trees – that is the question”
God’s Merry Band of Fools!
Psalm 74 tells us how the people of God are surrounded by those who scoff at God a foolishly mock God and His ways. When oh when Lord will you come and smite these foolish people and bring us out of the calamity we are under… But is that really what is happening? The psalmist here seems toContinue reading “God’s Merry Band of Fools!”
Out of the depths…
Psalm 130 is the appointed psalm for today. And it begins, “Out of the depths I cry…” Have you ever felt like you were so far away from God that you didn’t what to do? That you were in the depths of Sheol, or worse? “What can I do, everything is crumbling around me and noContinue reading “Out of the depths…”
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