Chapter Three – The Producer of Pain

From “And Jesus Wept,” by Pastor K. David Oldfield Labor Versus Management It was a hot Canadian afternoon at Shouldice Park on the banks of the Bow River. My sister and I were permitted to wade along the edge of the river. Off came the shoes followed by the socks. Up...

Chapter Four – The Peril of Pain

From “And Jesus Wept,” by Pastor K. David Oldfield Clear and Present Danger This Autumn story is a familiar one in the Western mountains: The scarlet-clad hunter found some fresh deer tracks in the snow and began to follow them, hoping for the first kill of the new...

Chapter Five – The Praise of Pain

From “And Jesus Wept,” by Pastor K. David Oldfield To God be the Glory The Being that we call “God” is made up of many attributes and characteristics. For example, Jehovah can be said to be omnipresent and omniscient, which mean that He always knows the...

Chapter Six – The Partnership of Pain

From “And Jesus Wept,” by Pastor K. David Oldfield And They Twain Shall be One Flesh This is a world of interwoven relationships. For example, mankind cannot be separated from his environment, such as, from the things that he eats. Then too, as much as we try, we...

Chapter Seven – The Perversion of Pain

From “And Jesus Wept,” by Pastor K. David Oldfield Twisted Sister Children have special tools for coping with the problems of their surprisingly complex worlds. For example, a child lacking the ability to make friends easily may become a show-off or a bully in order...

Chapter Eight – The Purpose and Plan of Pain

From “And Jesus Wept,” by Pastor K. David Oldfield One Plus One is Two; Two Plus Two is Four Perhaps it is not the greatest or most important question ever asked, but the certainly the toughest is the one screamed from the sick bed or mortuary chapel: “Why? Why,...

Chapter Nine – The Perfection of Pain

From “And Jesus Wept,” by Pastor K. David Oldfield A Perfect Ten I must assume that most of us have never been criminals, so we can’t speak with authority in this area, but it’s reasonable to assume that even thieves want to be the very best that they can...

Wandering Jews – Acts 19:13-17

Sunday evening I asked: “Why did the Holy Spirit tell us about Paul’s miracles in Ephesus?” My two suggested answers were: This was a special case, and the Lord granted miracles here where He didn’t in other communities, Or we are told about this case...

Jesus and the Demons – Acts 19:11-15

In verse 12 we read that Paul exorcized demons during his Ephesian evangelistic campaign. Verse 13 suggests that Paul carried on that work through the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul may have been smart, eloquent, bold, and any number of other wonderful...