Compassionate Shepherd Original Post 5/31/2016 A shepherd keeps sheep together. Without a shepherd, they scatter, wandering aimlessly until they become weak. Alone with no defender or guide, they have little courage. Now they are easy prey to the predators who eye them greedily. The Bible likens people to sheep. On their own, they can easily […]
A Good Ending Original Posting 12/7/2017 After King Solomon died, his son Rehoboam became king of Israel. Because of his oppressive regime, the northern tribes rebelled and set up their own kingdom. The southern kingdom under Rehoboam became known as Judah, and the northern kingdom was called Israel. Of the forty rulers (according to the […]
Faith in the Valley Original Posting 2/5/2018 I was lying on the back seat of the Plymouth Valiant and the pain in my neck from a recent biopsy was rather acute. My mother and older brother were driving me from Pennsylvania to California where at Stanford they had the most experience and best success at […]
Faith When it Hurts 2/23/2018 The year was 1905 and Civilla Martin and her preacher husband were spending some time in Elmira, New York. During their stay they made a friendship with a Mr. and Mrs. Doolittle. Mr. Doolittle was bound to a wheelchair but managed to regularly get himself to work. His wife had […]
Wanted: Gospel Preachers 2/14/2018 Christ commissioned His disciples to go into all the world and preach the gospel. He did not tell them to merely go and preach. He was specific. They were to preach the gospel. They did, and “the world was turned upside down.” That commission is still in effect. If we are […]
2/2/2015 Must Christians Pay “the price of citizenship”? When Elaine Huguenin, because of her Christian principles, politely declined to do photographs for the ceremony of two lesbians in 2006, she was sued. In 2008, The New Mexico Supreme Court sided against her, telling her, in the words of Justice Richard Bosson, that people “must compromise, […]
Who Are You Quoting? 9/19/2013 On reading a reputable author, I noticed several of his quotations. These quotations were used to bolster his points. The quotes were to give his arguments strength. They were to elevate his presentation and give it legitimacy. The people he quoted were his authorities, at least on the particular point […]
