The Contrasts of age…. Someone quipped, “Old preachers don’t die, they just fade away.” Well, the fact is they do both. And it could be said of young preachers that they don’t fade, they just brighten along the way. There is a vast difference in the years of youthful uselessness and old age uselessness–the former […]
Month: January 2015
Yo Momma!
Yo Momma! There has been countless harsh reactions, everything from tongue-lashings to homicide, brought about by insulting another person’s mother. Regardless of what the facts may be regarding the charge it is seldom received lightly by the son or daughter of the accused mother. It is obvious that such situations escalate to higher plateaus of […]
Offending and Being Offended
Offending and Being Offended In Luke 17:1 Jesus Himself stated to His disciples that “It is inevitable that offenses (stumbling blocks) come, but woe to him through whom they come…” “Stumbling block” is the Greek word “skandalon”, it’s where we get the English word “scandal.” It means “offense, stumbling block, or occasions to fall.” The […]
Just Axing Questions
Just Axing Questions! When one deals with questions that are not really questions I always recall Pilate. Pilate showed his true colors with his final response to Jesus. When Jesus affirmed that His mission was to testify to the truth and that everyone on the side of truth listened to Him, he apparently pushed the […]
God Said, "Let Us Make Man." Man Said, "Let Us Make God."
God Said, “Let Us Make Man.” Man Said, “Let Us Make God.” In Ex 32 Aaron’s excuse in making a golden calf says that the people said to him, “Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this fellow Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, […]