There are times when we just need to say … “no”! How hard that can be!
Learning to Say “No”
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Council
SHIPWRECKED! PART 2
Today's mini-sermon is the first in a short series based upon Acts 27. In part 1 of this series, Paul is being transported to Rome aboard a merchant ship. They are in a place called "Fair Havens" and winter is coming on. Paul has advised that they winter in Fair...
Time to Study: Look Circumspectly
I attended a high school basketball game, near the Kentucky-Tennessee state line. One team was from Kentucky and the other from Tennessee. Well, don't you know, they were about to jump center and start the game? The Kentucky boy asked, "Ref, don't you think we ought...
Lessons From a Cockatiel, Part 1
It was Tuesday morning. My son, as was his habit, pulled the cover off of Rocket's cage, fully expecting to find our beautiful Lutino cockatiel climbing all over the cage, chomping at the bars to get out and ride on his shoulders. Although it is nearly impossible to...
Of Horses and Mules…
"I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you. Many are the...
Where are You?
Reading chapters 40 to 48 from the book of Ezekiel is a tough challenge! Or so my past experience dictated. Would this time be different? I anticipating that the correct answer to my question was “no”, and this caused me to sputter: “Why Oh Lord is the prophet Ezekiel...
Counselor
C Chiefest Among Ten Thousand (Song of Solomon 5:10) O Only Begotten Son (John 3:16) U Unspeakable Gift (2 Corinthians 9:15) N Nazarene (Matthew 2:23) S Son of Righteousness (Malachi 4:2) E Emmanuel (Matthew 1:23) L Lamb That Was Slain (Revelation 5:12) O Our Peace...