DON'T TOUCH! Young people should wear signs, "Look, but do not touch!" The Creator must have had a sense of humor. He made a beautiful and desirable creature Adam called women and then commands, "Hands off!" You can look, peak...
July 2009 Archives
EASY ROAD? Most of us like to travel light, with the wind in our back and solid ground beneath our feet. We want a life with a wide gate and a broad road (Mt.7: 13-14). There are travelers that are...
SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM! What did Jesus have in mind (Mt.6: 25-34)? What kind of a kingdom was He talking about (Lk.17: 20-21)? What deep theological meaning are we to look for (Mt.4: 4)? Are we asked to seclude ourselves...
JESUS ON THE LAW! Jesus declared that He had not come to abolish the Law or the Prophets but to fulfill them (Mt.5: 17). Why then do so many Christians believe that they are exempt from the Law? Jesus opposed...
ENDORSEMENT, Many times I am being hunted by the question, "Does Jesus endorse my life-style?" If He does not, then do I have the right to regard myself as being a Christian? Let us think about it. I did ponder...
HAND OUTS? Are you puzzled by Jesus' statement, "The poor you will always have" (Jn.12: 8)? Our Lord was sympathetic towards the genuinely poor. He urged some to give all they had to the poor (Mk.10: 21). They had a...
WILL GOD ACT? We are not the first in time to ask when God will come to our rescue. Habakkuk the prophet cried out, "How long, O Lord, must I call for help, but you do not hear me? Why...
PHARAOH'S DREAMS, what do they teach? Pharaoh, king of Egypt, was God's choice to preserve His people. He dreamed that seven lean cows ate up seven fat cows. And again, he dreamed that seven thin heads of grain swallowed seven...
PUBLICITY is The Key to Growth. Recently, I was asked what caused a particular Church to increase suddenly in numbers? After analyzing the situation, it all pointed to one individual that publicized what was in the making at the Church....
NEW BODIES IN HEAVEN? In a recent memorial, my mind was jogged by my mother's fear. She had nightmares about an operation because she wanted a complete body in heaven. She had worse nightmares when I had to have twenty...
WHERE TO? Years ago, a cartoon showed two chimps left on a mountain in Tibet, after man had blown himself up. While they looked at each other, the inscription beneath them had the male ask, "Shall we start all over...
RESENTMENT! Conservatives resent it when the President apologizes for some of the actions the U.S.A. has taken in the past. They are particularly upset when he depicts Americans as being snobbish. Americans have played more than a vital role for...
LIBERATORS? Happy Fourth! We had run from the Soviets for several months, found a place in the heart of Germany just in time for my brother to be born. It was in the afternoon while I had to hold my...
INCLINATION TO SIN! The story about Noah and the Flood was caused by man's inclination to do evil all the time, (Gen.6: 5). That tendency begins in childhood (Gen.8: 21). It is equally present among the godly and the un-godly...
