(Jesus said) "And all the churches will know that I am He who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works." Revelation 2:23 One hundred years ago people stuffed newspaper into their walls to serve as insulation.Newsprint wasn't the...
A news item one night was about parents who lost a child through another teen's weakness and grave error in judgment. The parents, being interviewed a couple of days after their daughter's death, made a public statement that they not only forgave the drunken young...
It had been a good, productive day, but it had also been a long day, one that was precipitated by an almost sleepless night. I was exhausted, a familiar ache had developed between my shoulder blades, and my lower back was hurting. To say that I was looking forward to...
Keith Wishum recently wrote about a scary experience:As a man was driving down the freeway, his car phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife's voice urgently warning him, “Frank, I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on the Interstate. Please...
My grade 6 teacher in high school became my role model. He made class fun, always encouraging us and guiding us. He always smiled and he tried to be like a kid, just like us. I admired him greatly.However, even in a great class setting, trouble can happen. Every two...
"Hosea put it well: 'I'll call nobodies and make them somebodies; I'll call the unloved and make them beloved. In the place where they yelled out, 'You're nobody!' They're calling you 'God's living children.'" Romans 9:25-26 (MSG)Our Father in Heaven is the one who...
"Stop judging, and you will never be judged. Stop condemning, and you will never be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven." Luke 6:37 (GW)How many among us think we are righteous? If we feel that way, then we must ask ourselves if we have ever judged anyone....