Jun 8, 2017 | Wednesday
If we wanted to read these verses from only a logical & secular point of view, they would make perfect sense. It is not smart to fall into the hands of the drug dealer, who sells or experiments in out of the body ecstasies. And the young fool who falls victim to...
Jun 1, 2017 | Wednesday
Let’s say that I wanted to drive from Post Falls to Lemberg, Saskatchewan. Yes, Lemberg is a very real, tiny community in central Saskatchewan. It is northeast of Regina about 50 miles. If I was as talented as John Bunyan, I would make this trip into an allegory. I...
May 11, 2017 | Wednesday
When I was in junior high school, my parents had never heard of home-schooling. It was even long before there was such a thing as middle school – it was junior high, grades 7-9. My family had two basic choices or if they did– Public School or Catholic School. They...
May 4, 2017 | Wednesday
Of these two, which is more valuable: paper money or gold? Of these two which is more valuable: gold or food? Friends or fame? How about yesterday or tomorrow? Today or eternity? Here is an easy one – stupidity or knowledge? I know the average person would disagree,...
Apr 27, 2017 | Wednesday
In 1829, Mary Howitt published a little poem which eventually became an often misquoted a classic. “Will you walk into my parlour?” said the Spider to the Fly, “‘Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy; The way into my parlour is...
Apr 20, 2017 | Wednesday
A good sermon usually begins with an introduction of some sort. It might be an ear-catching illustration designed to hook the attention of the audience for a while. It might be a reiteration of what has been recently taught, building on that earlier foundation. Or it...
Apr 13, 2017 | Wednesday
I have been thinking about a study of Proverbs for several years. But its enormity and probable tedium deterred; I just didn’t feel the Lord’s leadership in it. Well, I’ve looked at it again, and feel that it’s the Lord’s will that at least tonight we look at the...
Apr 6, 2017 | Wednesday
Have you ever tried to set a mouse trap, only to have it spring before you were ready? Maybe it was when you were latching it, or as you were putting it down in a tight corner. Pow! It snapped at you, and perhaps even bit your finger. No wonder people have been...
Mar 30, 2017 | Wednesday
In my reading Monday, the Lord placed before me an article about joy. My first reaction was to put it down, because of some of the author’s initial statements. He said, and I quote, “God don’t make nobody for misery. If we are miserable, it is because we have...
Mar 23, 2017 | Wednesday
On August 24 in the year 79, the volcano Vesuvius erupted and entombed the city of Pompeii, Italy. The destruction began and ended in just few minutes, killing multitudes of people. The ash and gases of that volcano caught the residents city like a camera catches...
Mar 16, 2017 | Wednesday
The title of our little devotional this evening is “Four Kinds of Prayer” similar to “How to Pray.” But that can leave as bad a taste in one’s mouth – as bad as “12 Ways in which to Lead People to Christ.” It might be as silly as a...
Mar 9, 2017 | Wednesday
Let’s play a little game: I will give you a name and you picture that person’s greatest prayer. Solomon – What was it? His request for wisdom, or his prayer at the dedication of the temple? Samson – strength to glorify God and to bring down Dagon’s temple?...
Mar 2, 2017 | Wednesday
I grew up in the riotous 60’s. Those were the days of Viet Nam, Race Riots, LSD, Hippies and a great deal of turmoil. More than one of my high school class-mates became drop outs. Not only did they drop out of school but some of them dropped out society. Some...
Feb 23, 2017 | Wednesday
Americans seem to love bumper stickers. My car doesn’t have one, but I do like to read them – I am a closet bumper-sticker reader. Have you ever pulled up at a red light, and the car in front of us had a tiny bumper sticker. Slowly you inch a bit closer and...
Feb 16, 2017 | Wednesday
Despite the fact that our streets are lined with piles of snow and the temperatures are often still below freezing, our days are getting longer. As I drive east at 6:00 am, I see more sunlight each morning, and soon the sun will be in my eyes again. Spring is on its...
