Evicting Two Unwelcome Guests
It was an interesting scene and an even more interesting monologue. I entered the den where I saw my nearly six year old son – all 45 pounds of him – straddling the giant leg of my father-in-law…all 6 feet, 7 inches of him. Gradndanny is your quintessential southern boy: trucker baseball cap, overalls, thick…
Eleven Day To Success … Or 40 Years If You Prefer
“It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea. In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the people of Israel according to all that the Lord had given him in commandment to them… saying, “The Lord our God said to us…
Two Men Who Teach Us
“How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?” –Genesis 39:9-10 {NIV} “And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man.” –2 Samuel 12:7 {KJV} Joseph was a slave. David was a king. Joseph owned nothing. David had it all. Living in Egypt, Joseph was a young man on his own. Reigning in Israel, David was…
Hear, O Father!
Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace.” –Psalm 86:6 All of you who are placed in Christ by God have the overwhelming joy of knowing that your voice is heard in Heaven. What father among us does not listen to the needy cries of his helpless, frail children? I suppose…
Another Blog About A Chair
Apparently my mind is fixated on chairs this week as this is the second post in a few days about a chair. The first entry was serious, this one…not so much. I took a seat in the place of defeat last night…and not for the first time. Things had been going along swimmingly all day….
Red Clay Removal
Romans 5:20b-21 – “…where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.” There’s red clay on my lips. It’s on my nose also. Man alive, this clumpy red clay is on my forehead and…
The School Of Wisdom – Now Enrolling
“Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.” –Proverbs 9:9 {ESV} Perhaps one of the most dangerous things for us is that we would permanently make up our minds. Someone once told me that arrogant Christians were much like concrete –…
Grow Your Library By One
“If religious books are not widely circulated among the masses in this country, I do not know what is going to become of us as a nation. If truth is not diffused – error will be. If God and His Word are not known and received – the devil and his works will gain the…
Worth It All
“We had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict.” –1 Thessalonians 2:2 Paul knew what he was talking about. When we examine the biblical biography of Paul we quickly learn that his whole story was immersed in conflict. He was in conflict as a…
Endeavoring To Endure
How much influence do you believe that your personal attitude has on your life? We would probably say that our attitudes are housed somewhere in our minds, our intellects. We believe attitude is primarily the outflow of how we are thinking. While I would agree with that line of reasoning, I would add caution that…