Mordecai, the cousin, guardian, and surrogate father of Esther, has always been one of this writer’s favorite Bible characters. Not only is Mordecai an example of courage and great conviction, but an individual who knew how to read a difficult situation and respond to it with great wisdom. As we recall the story of Esther, […]
The story is told of a farmer who once posted a “No Trespassing” sign to keep some neighborhood boys from crossing his property. One embittered young man vowed revenge. So one night, he walked all over the man’s farm with a sack of johnsongrass seed and sowed it in every field. Anyone who has dealt […]
The following commentary is attributed to Socrates (469-399BC) by Plato. The description of the society he lived in, is similar to the one we find ourselves living in today. Does this sound familiar?
As we grow older, a good deal of our unhappiness is caused by our misplaced desire to return to the “good old days” — those times when we enjoyed health, wealth, position, or
On the day of judgment, God won’t ask the following questions: God won’t ask what kind of car you drove, but He’ll ask how many people you drove who didn’t have transportation. God won’t ask the square footage of your house, but He’ll ask how many people you welcomed into your home. God won’t ask […]
According to the dictionary, mercy is defined as “compassion shown to an offender,” or “a blessing resulting from divine favor or compassion,” or “compassion shown to victims of misfortune.” God is our example for mercy because Jesus said, “Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful” (Luke 6:36). Regarding mercy and compassion, Paul […]
The purpose of the social gospel that we often hear from the mouths of television evangelists, is designed to improve social conditions here on earth. It deals with secular societal problems relative to economics, politics, education and poverty. Conversely, the gospel of Christ emphasizes the spiritual welfare of man — the salvation of man’s soul […]
Great God, Make me decent, orderly, useful, courteous, and kind In the work of this day.
Laura Hodges Poole has written an above titled article that causes us to think about our prayer life. When we say the words, “Not my will, but Yours,” we are minimizing self and maximizing God’s ability to effectively work in our lives. Let’s think about it!
The end of the year is generally the time that most companies and businesses devote to doing the often-dreaded (but greatly needed) task of taking a physical inventory. Inventory allows us to determine what we have, what we are lacking, what we have accomplished, what we failed to do, and the areas that need attention […]
Because of the fact that Christ will judge us based upon our good or bad deeds (2 Corinthians 5:10), makes it a “must” for us to correctly distinguish between good and evil. However, contrary to this biblical teaching, the pervading mindset in our society today is to “call evil good and good evil” (cf. Isaiah […]
When people see a photograph or video today, they often ask, “Is it real?” A home computer can manipulate images to create a picture of an event that never happened.
The story is told of a little 6-year-old girl who was beginning her first ice-skating lessons. Her grandparents were in attendance to give her encouragement. As she skated around the ice rink, she took quite a few falls. But her instructor was always right there to pick her up and encourage her. Other skaters stopped […]
In today’s “modern” culture, we find people wanting to do things very quickly. Where our ancestors took many months — even years to cross this country, we can now drive across it in
The Family Radio folks, located in Oakland, California, tells us regarding the so-called rapture on their website: “We learn from the Bible that Holy God plans to rescue about 200 million people (that is about 3% of today’s population). On the first day of the Day of Judgment (May 21, 2011) they will be caught […]
From today’s Montana Street bulletin, comes the following above titled article written by Brother John Gipson:
8) A Passage Must Be Interpreted In Harmony With Any Idioms It Contains These are the characteristics peculiar to the original languages of the Bible. The Bible was written in the common languages of man (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek) and is filled with expressive
Once a preacher was invited to address the inmates of a large prison. The warden showed him around, and they came to the chapel. It was a large auditorium seating fifteen hundred. The preacher noticed that two seats on the front row were draped in black. The warden said, “The two men who will occupy […]
In Ecclesiastes 1:8, Solomon expresses the following idea, “All things are full of labor; Man cannot express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor the ear filled with hearing.”
In the late 1600s, Edward Teach joined the crew of a British ship that was headed to the Caribbean. Much later in his nautical career, he managed to capture a merchant vessel and turn it into a 40-gun