STONE OF HELP
Ebenezer means Stone of Help. It is the memorial stone set up by Samuel to commemorate the divine assistance to Israel in their great battle […]
April 2018
FIG LEAVES #2
The Lord asked the question of questions: “Who told you that you were naked?” (Genesis 3:11) Then there is another great principle to learn. When […]
FIG LEAVES #1
When the originals (Adam and Eve) were disobedient and became cognizant of evil, and shame set in, then “they knew they were naked and they […]
FEARING THE OPINION OF OTHERS
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) was an American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women’s rights movement. She once wrote, “The moment we begin to […]
WHERE TWO ARE GATHERED
Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) the great Russian novelist and philosopher wrote, “If everyone abandons you and even drives you away by force, then when you are left […]
UNITED WITH BEAUTY
C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) wrote, “We want so much more—something the books on aesthetics take little notice of. But the poets and the mythologies know all […]
OLD FORMULAS
Frederick Buechner wrote, “Preachers tend to forget this. “Accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior and be saved from your sins,” or something like […]
WISDOM LIST #2
How to Kill Gophers 1. Anticoagulant bait with specially formulated bricks to attract and eliminate gophers. This doesn’t work.2. Zinc Phosphide on Cracked Corn. This […]
HEAVEN AND EARTH PATTERNS
The great witness of Jesus consists of many things. One of the most common ideas He conveyed is that, “I and the Father are One” […]
THE APPRENTICE
Dallas Willard (1935-2013) wrote, “A disciple, or apprentice, is simply someone who has decided to be with another person, under appropriate conditions, in order to […]