An enemy has invaded many parts of North America. We first encountered it in a park in Maine. Its name? The Asiatic Bittersweet. And true to its name, it is far from being sweet. Rather, it is quite bitter! Just ask the hundreds of park rangers who spend literally...
"I hate pride and arrogance…" (Prov 8:13b, NIV2)A young woman goes to confession and admits that she is prideful. "Any time I look in the mirror, I can't help but think that I am so beautiful, much more than any of my friends that look like prunes compared to me." The...
"God, I thank you that I am not like other men--robbers, evildoers, adulterers--or even like this tax collector." (Luke 18:11, NIV)When the full impact of the potato blight struck Ireland, the general public opinion in Britain was that the Irish brought this disaster...
A dispute also arose among them, as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. Luke 22:24Most of the time most pastors get along well.Even if they come from different denominations, they still extend to each other a modicum of professional respect.That was...
"To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable:" (Luke 18:9, NIV2)This parable is a revelation for anyone who thinks of himself as better than everyone else."Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a...
"They came to Capernaum. When he was safe at home, he asked them, 'What were you discussing on the road?' The silence was deafening-they had been arguing with one another over who among them was greatest." (Mark 9:34, MSG)Imagine the arguments that were flying during...
Dr. Krediet, aged 60 years old, was quite popular in the Dachau Concentration Camp. Not only was he a specialist in typhus fever, which was often an occurrence in Dachau, he was also very compassionate, always thinking of others first. Whenever an epidemic broke out,...