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I am new here, so this topic you may have crossed paths with. My apologies. ________________________________ How insistent the following verses seem to be. Proverbs 12:21, “There shall no evil happen to the just…” Psalm 91:10, “There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come...

I don’t blame him entirely, since he too was a product of his father’s rearing, which, as I understand it, was identical in method. A hard working, hard drinking railroad man who thought his work earned him the right to drink and fight on weekends, was my grandfather, Blackie. He walked off a...

When I was a young boy, my father hung a black iron sign with white letters that read, “I used to cry when I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.” Those words were meant to keep us thankful for less while living in an underground, windowless block basement. My father’s initial...

One of many places that we lived prior to my naval enlistment set our family in a two story wooden home. I was probably 15 years of age then. The back yard, after several yards, sloped down a short hill. At the bottom of that incline was a two-car garage. The previous owner of the property dug...

I was saved while in the Navy, on April 23, 1972, at the ripe old age of 19. How appropriate it was that I was at sea, in the Caribbean, when, as I was lying on my rack that evening, I asked for forgiveness. So often, in Scripture, the words that suit well a seaman’s life are used to define...

As Christians, possessing or working for money is definitely not the issue. The temptation is "money possessing you", especially to the point where it becomes one’s underlying motivation in life. Some people are very motivated by the accumulation of money. In 1922, in Egypt, King Tut’s tomb...

Christians sometimes are slow to realize that their real riches are in Christ, not material things. How sad it is for the church today to be inundated with a prosperity emphasis in so many repetitious sermons. One of the most revealing lessons in Scripture is found in Mark 10:17-27, where the...

"They take everything." While shopping for groceries today, I needed some assistance in the fruits/veggies section. No one was on the floor, so I walked to the back room in search of an employee. A man in broken English asked what I wanted. I told him and he escorted me to the sweet oranges. I...

The Word is life, and just like a neck can be choked of its vitality, so can the ability to provide benefit be strangled from the Word. Mark 4:19 , “ And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh...

I wrote of various proportions of faith in my last post. Let’s take one of them and consider it more closely, “Oh ye of little faith”. (Matt. 6:25-34) The needs that Jesus spoke about in his address here are food, drink, and raiment. He knew the people wrestled with acquiring these things...

All Christians have been given some faith. But we can fool ourselves regarding the quantity and quality of faith we have. I have especially seen this in young believers who get a little revelation and take off with it like they have it immediately walked out and written in their hearts. I...

Despite all that is being thrown at the church today regarding the acquiring of material things, our seeking is not to be for that which we eat, put on, or intend to consume upon our lusts. (Matt. 6:19-20; James 4:3) Not surprisingly, without a watch on our attitudes, even the best worldly...

Once a person sees his/her need to study with the help of God’s Spirit and well established, well balanced teachers, what is it they should be taught? The Bible explains that it is not enough to merely be taught, but rather, the believer needs to be taught something very definite. II Timothy...

2 Corinthians 7:11 -- One of the inworkings or fruits of repentance, carefulness. Carefulness makes one careful not to fall into the same behavior, to walk circumspectly, and to realize one is not beyond falling into that same sin. When we judge others, we need to be careful to judge them with...

Lots of things could be placed in a list of common daily responsibilities. Get to work, pay the bills, wash the car, feed the dog, cut the grass, take out the trash. These chores could be a part of an everyday routine. In addition, if one has a vision for achievement, whether it is hobby or...

Lots of things could be placed in a list of common daily responsibilities. Get to work, pay the bills, wash the car, feed the dog, cut the grass, take out the trash. These chores could be a part of an everyday routine. In addition, if one has a vision for achievement, whether it is hobby or...

Do you memorize Scriptures? If, after a good while being saved, you don't have many verses memorized, why is that so? Much like many of my longtime Christian friends who are students of the Bible, I must have hundreds of verses memorized, many merely due to singing them. What works well for...

Where there is no vision, the people perish. (Prov. 29:18) God has a vision and purpose for us and through that vision or calling we have motivation for that fulfillment. And whether we are called to be a brick layer or minister, its going to require preparation. When I was saved, God did not...

As an adventurous boy of about fourteen, my father took my brother and me to a “professional wrestling match” that featured what in those days were termed midgets, as well as larger, stronger men with whom I was very impressed. I told myself I wanted to be a wrestler when I grew up. However...

Was it an error on Paul's part when he wrote in 1 Cor. 2:15, "The spiritual man makes judgments about all things," or, as it states in the KJV, "a spiritual man judges all things"? Does this give consent to Christians to make judgments regarding the practices, personalities, and beliefs of...