WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?

WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?

A religious man came to Jesus and said, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to the man, “What does the scripture say?” The man replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.” Jesus...
FRUIT CLUSTERS

FRUIT CLUSTERS

You’ve probably heard of the “fruit of the Spirit” listed in Galatians 5. If so, you might find this interesting. When I was preparing for a lesson on the fruit of the Spirit many years ago, I noticed something about this list of spiritual attributes that I had...
PUNISHED BY GOD?

PUNISHED BY GOD?

I used to be one of those people who, when I saw someone having a lot of bad things happening to them, assumed that they were “being punished” by God for something wrong they had done. You’ve probably thought the same thing a time or two in your life. I suppose...
BREATH … AND SPIRIT

BREATH … AND SPIRIT

“He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.” – Luke 1:15 (Words spoken by the angel Gabriel to Zacharias concerning his son, John the Baptist). There is an increasing number of Christians who believe that human life begins with...
FORWARD AND UPWARD

FORWARD AND UPWARD

On my walk one morning, I was thinking about the scripture where Jesus said he’d separate the sheep from the goats. Out of curiosity, I looked up the word “sheep” and discovered that it comes from the Greek word PROBAINO, which means “walks forward.” I thought...
HOW A MIRACLE HAPPENS

HOW A MIRACLE HAPPENS

Christmas time is upon us. A time when we reflect on the story of the birth of Jesus. The story, however, starts 9 months before His birth in Bethlehem, when an angel came to a young girl named Mary and told her the astonishing news that she would become a mother,...
NO GREATER JOY

NO GREATER JOY

When I was in my 20s and Christmas was getting closer, I would go to my Dad and ask, “What do you want for Christmas this year, Dad?” His reply was always the same, year after year …” I just want all my kids to be happy.” There were five of us kids,...
SPIT IT OUT!

SPIT IT OUT!

I picked up a few dozen pecans on my morning walk. I cracked several, and ate them as I walked along. They were sweet and delicious. After eating about 5 or 6 I told myself inwardly, “Okay, this is your last one” as I shelled one last pecan and popped it in my mouth....
“I CAN’T BELIEVE MY EYES!”

“I CAN’T BELIEVE MY EYES!”

Recently, a member of my family sent a text message to the rest of us that included two videos which had been spliced together to create one fake scene. The person who sent the video had been fooled into believing the content because it was very realistic … and very...
Is There a Hole in Your Pocket?

Is There a Hole in Your Pocket?

During one of my morning walks, I came upon a lost dollar bill laying on the pathway before me. I picked the dollar bill up and inspected it. It was drenched with dew, so I knew it had been laying there all night. As I walked along a little further, a chill went down...