Die Heretic
Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. (Philippians 4:5) Two men met on a plane and one man asked the other, “Are you a Christian?” “Yes I am.” “Wonderful!” said the first man. After more conversation he asked, “Are you Protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox?” “I’m a Protestant.” “That’s great. So [...]
Climb Out Of Your Coffin
Don’t waste your time on useless work, mere busywork, the barren pursuits of darkness. Expose these things for the sham they are. It’s a scandal when people waste their lives on things they must do in the darkness where no one will see. Rip the cover off those frauds and see how attractive they look [...]
This Old House
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. (2 Corinthians 4:16, NIV) You Know You’re Getting Old When… People are constantly putting a mirror under your nose while you nap to see if you’re breathing. You finally find something you’ve been looking for, [...]
Turn On The Power When You Are In Trouble
Turn On The Power When You Are In Trouble Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. (James 5:13) The photographer for a national magazine was assigned to get photos of a great forest fire. Smoke at the scene hampered him and he asked his home office to hire a plane. Arrangements were made and [...]
Take Your Medicine
A cheerful heart is good medicine. Proverbs 17:22 A man walked by a table in a hotel and noticed three men and a dog playing cards. The dog appeared to be winning. “That must be a very smart dog,” the man commented. “He ain’t so smart,” said one of the players. “Every time he [...]
Don’t Be Deceitful
Don’t Be Deceitful JAMES 5:4 Good News Translation (GNT) 4 You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty. Not only does James exhort us to use the gifts, [...]
Weigh In
Daniel 5:27 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 27 ’TEKĒL’—you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient. A young psychology student serving in the Army decided to test a theory. Drawing kitchen duty, he was given the job of passing out apricots at the end of the chow line. He asked the first few soldiers that [...]
Be A Wiseguy
The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight. (Proverbs 4:7, ESV) So you want some wisdom? Then the way to have wisdom is to get it. That is a mighty fine piece of doublespeaking going on right there! How in the world are we going to accomplish this feat? One [...]
Snakes is Snakes
32And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (John 8:32) A man is in the hospital, and he and his wife are telling two different stories about how he got there, and neither of them are telling the truth. Why? Well this Sweetwater, Texas couple had a lot of potted [...]
Unfold That Chair
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations (James 1:2) Charles Shultz often nailed life right on the head in his Peanuts comic strip. In one edition Lucy is talking to Charlie brown and she is describing life. Lucy says that life is like deck chair. Some place it so they [...]