CANE During the last few weeks, I fell frequently and had to use the support of a cane. I became attached and dependent on the cane. It also required all my concentration and limited my output. The cane was helpful...
December 2008 Archives
GAMBLING Gambling is a game we all play. Even when we do not roll the dice, we are in the game. We are constantly living in risks or taking risks. Even when we gamble in good faith, our losses can...
ASSAULT Why is there such an assault on the Bible? Well, what other book is as forward about human behavior and destiny? It claims that it is the message of the Creator that knows humans inside and out (Jer.1: 5). ...
NATIVITY Jesus said, “Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces” (Mt.7: 6;NIV). The Nativity is...
INSULTED When we are in the wrong, we all are easily insulted. We do not like to be reminded; particularly, when Bible believers compare our life-style with incest. Jesus told those that felt insulted that they had a beam in...
RENEWAL Christmas stands for the celebration of the Eucharist or the memorial service of Christ. It began with the departure of Jesus and became a celebration of the birth of Christ. Theologically, Christ means the Anointed and Mass stands for...
TO BE Shakespeare has been credited with saying, “To be or not to be.” Long, very long before that Jesus said, “I Am” (Jn.8: 58). Longer before that Moses heard a voice saying “I Am”(Ex.3: 14). Shakespeare had existence in...
SEED The first prophecy regarding Christ is found in Genesis 3:15. “And I will put enmity between you (serpent) and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; it shall bruise your head and you shall bruise his...
RATIONAL What is being rational? Let us test ourselves. When we were first in love and got married in the worst kind of weather, were we rational? When we do things that make no sense, are we rational? When we...
MALACHI Malachi's message was not popular in his day neither is it heeded in our time. I wish I had preached on Malachi when I was active. We have gone soft on sin and hard on God and that is...
JUDAH Judah was the fourth son of Jacob and Leah. In those times children were a means to gain favor with a husband of many women. Leah was competing for Jacob's affection with Rachel her sister. When her fourth...
JACOB Jacob was the son of Isaac and Rebekah, younger twin brother of Esau and father of twelve sons that formed the Hebrew nations that Moses delivered from Egypt. His fourth son Judah became the father of the Jews. ...
BEYOND John the Apostle wrote about a deadly sin that was beyond prayer (I Jn.5: 16). Now, is America not beyond prayer but beyond asking God to bless it? “Let us reason together,” so said the Lord (Isa.1: 18). ...
CHANGE The cry for change is as old as humanity itself and so is the problem as to who institutes the changes that are necessary. Whether it is in politics or religion, we want some super being to make...
INDECISION Our Pastor has led us ably in a revealing study of The Book of Esther. The Book has some very sobering applications. In my next articles, I shall touch on five: “Indecision, Hate, Vengeance, Esther and Virtue.” In...
