Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart… Jeremiah 1:7
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that lead to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is th…
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my f…
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the lig…
It’s Easter again. And all around us nature seems to be smiling, nodding as we pass by and saying, “Wait a couple of weeks and see what I can do!”
In his best-selling book called “Into Thin Air,” author Jon Krakauer relates the hazards that plagued some climbers as they attempted to reach…
Everybody should read Shirley Jackson’s story about Charles. Here’s the gist of it; it’s told from the standpoint of the little boy’s mother.
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During a recent message at church, I shared words of wisdom from Solomon about choosing friends. Solomon stated, ”Wounds from a friend can be …
In summer 1999, the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., welcomed several new inductees. Among the notables were Nolan Ryan (pitcher fo…
A few columns ago, I shared why I go to church. Perhaps I should have talked about why I am a Christian, first!
Back in the fall, I visited Robert Frost’s home area in Vermont and took a walk in the woods he loved and wrote about. You may remember his po…
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever. John 14:16
In July 2020, when six-year-old Bridger Walker saw his younger sister was about to be attacked by a German Shepherd, he didn’t wait to react —…
Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. Proverbs 16:17
It’s hard to fully understand all that drives us.
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I sa…
The old house is gone; a double-wide sits there now. The well behind it has been filled in; it used to be a long walk from the house, but now …
“You know what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached—how God anointed Jesus…
In the year 1818, Ignaz Philip Semmelweis was born into a world of dying women. The finest hospitals lost one out of six mothers to the scourg…
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be …
If we are thrown out into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. But …
The raccoons around Rocky Comfort don’t get why I go to church.
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, w…
But if we walk in the light, as he is the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all si…
Have I ever ever told you about Sam Palor Lake down in Florida? No? Well, it’s an interesting story.
When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray toward this place and give p…
On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and p…
