A Tale of Two Cities…is a legendary novel by Charles Dickens. It is about London and Paris during the French Revolution. The social and economic events during and prior to the Revolution are somewhat parallel between the two cities. It reflects abject poverty, appalling starvation, rampant crime, ruthless capital punishment, and aristocratic greed. This book was […]
Testimony of Truth Tell them what? Joel was encouraging parents to inform the next generations of all the many things, dreadful things, that their forefathers had been asked to witness and endure. And how God, as their Savior, had exhorted them to repent. Sound familiar today? This verse indicates the hearer will impact three generations. […]
A reflection of God Have you heard the expression—spitting image? My dad’s friends would tell me that I was the spitting image of him. We see here in this verse, Jesus was answering Philip’s question, emphatically. He was telling him that if he wanted to know what the heavenly Father is like, then he simply […]
Authority given to man What Jesus is saying is a reminder and reiteration of the first words spoken to Adam. “Procreate, fill the earth, subdue it and rule over it.” The triune God had transferred his authority to Adam and his descendants. Scripture goes on to be specific in Genesis that Adam would have the authority […]
Freedom and justice for all One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. If you were starting a new nation, would this be a good mission statement and purpose? How does it get any better for living here on earth with other people and accomplishing God’s will for yours and their lives? […]
The church is more than a building Define the Church…in five words or less. Good job! In the West, we think of the various denominations and all of the different building architectures. You can somehow pick them out by their design. For many, it is hard to move past the building defining the church. We […]
Provoking children Provoke is a transitive verb. It means, among other things, ‘to cause a reaction, usually a negative one’. A few synonyms are: exasperate, incense, enrage, exacerbate, offend, lash out into fury, make one’s blood boil, drive one mad. Not much good seen here. So, how does this happen? Most dads would say, “I […]
Words from God These were the very last recorded words from God for 400 years between the Old Testament and the birth and ministry of John the Baptist. He was Elijah in spirit. His message was repentance and turning back to God away from disobedience. That message still resounds today. Dads, we are not Elijah […]
A time to remember Memorial Day… is more than a picnic. It is a time to remember. A time to be grateful, a time to make a resolve to honor what has gone on before us through our dedication to our God and our nation. Over 250 years ago, God led a band of faithful […]
The important of ancestors Generations… can be defined in several ways. One would be a body of living beings constituting a single step in the line of descent from an ancestor; or a group of individuals born and living contemporaneously. So many people trace back their family tree for decades, even centuries. My wife, Joanne, […]