"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness," (2 Timothy 3:16, ISV) [1] "And let us continue to consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together,...
The man with the new camera learned where the switches were that turned it on or off; he learned how to focus the subject inside instead of outside the frame; he learned how to load and unload the images card that held all the photos. It all took time and...
I remember well my childhood when money was hard to come by. Bread bought in a store was a luxury; cookies from the store were a treat; an ice cream cone was almost unheard of; a Dixie cup eaten with a little wooden spoon – well, I thought I was in heaven. One summer...
"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the tfountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns-broken cisterns that can hold no water." (Jeremiah 2:13 NKJV)[1] God is the fountain or spring of living water. Here in the mountains of...
The Train Driver told me, "All heads were turned facing down the railway track as a large freight train loaded with wheat slowly came to a stop in the railway yard for a driver change." With a fresh crew aboard, the incoming crew stood and watched the trucks slowly...
Any good book sets the scene so imagine picking up a book and reading this: late at night the phone rings. I have waited up for this call and answer quickly. ‘We’re home, Mother,’ says the voice on the other end. My whole body sighs with relief and I exclaim, ‘Oh,...
"My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you; keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye; bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart." (Proverbs 7:1-3, ESV)[1] [1] I have heard of boys who wanted...
We both used the same word but we each meant something entirely different by it. It is a word that is often used the way he used it, but in my mind it could never mean what he wanted it to mean. So we called in the dictionaries. I confronted him with two dictionaries...
"In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." (Proverbs 3:6) There shall be no lying or deceit ... Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. The majority does not rule ... Thou shalt not...
I opened the catalogue that is posted to me every few weeks and was mesmerized by the array of different Bibles. There were Bibles for men so I could not read them because I’m not. There were Bibles for surfers but I am a strictly land-dwelling species to I could not...