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"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me!" How many times have you heard that absolute FALSE statement? Did your parents ever teach you that? If they did, they should have continued by teaching you: Two plus two equals five because that is equally as false. The...

Sometimes a message is so important we need to get right into it. For example, if I see the car you are in has flames spewing from underneath, am I going to come up to you and speak about the weather or am I going to tell you, "You need to get out of the car RIGHT NOW" !!!! Today's message is...

All is going well for days, weeks or months at a time when you realize something just isn't right. Maybe you're coughing a little, your bathroom habits are not in their usual cycle or despite getting lots of sleep, you feel like you've just played three hockey games in one day! Yep...YOU are...

It was a business trip and Tom went to see Jack about one of Jack's contractual employees. Tom was an Attorney and his client had some plans for the employee in question if only Jack would work with him. Much money would have been made for all three parties. One problem, Jack was a Certified...

It was exactly one week ago today, as I write, I arrived at a get-together where I was expected to "say a few words" (being the spiritual giant I am)! Nothing new for me, I've done it many, many times over. Being this was a very special, specific occasion, I had a specific message planned...

Hi Marks and that answer is yes! The was many years ago, more than 35! I was immersed in a problem I could not resolve. Although I knew generally about the Christian message, I didn't come to decision time for many years after that. I accepted the fact suicide was the only way out and fully...

You don't need to be in the ministry very long before you are asked questions about this subject the FIRST time. Guess what, you'll be asked again and again and sometimes you'll be immersed in the aftermath. That subject is suicide. The usual question is: "What will happen to me afterward?"...

"Extra"...one of those many words in the English language which has several meanings. In football, it means an opportunity to make more points. In the print media as in the old fashioned process of selling newspapers on the street, an "extra" was a special edition of the newspaper containing a...

Thanks for the response! There are no Biblical passages which call upon us to set up "boundaries" although that is a "pop-psych" way of doing things. God allows us to experience all types of people and it could just be that person who is being a jerk to us needs to see Christian-like response...

Over twenty years ago I was fully involved with a major problem in dealing with a caustic, nasty, hate filled individual full of verbal and at times physical assaults. In the beginning I prayed and prayed for God to change this person. I pointed out to Him, (as if He didn't already know), how...

One of the things us pilots do much of is to read crash reports. Over my time, I've read thousands of them. "Why would you want to read about death and injury", someone will ask. Although those reports do have some very limited information as to cause of death, there are no body pictures...

There's NOTHING wrong with any poster asking the question so let's not jump to some "stirring things up" nonsense. New Christians, and many long term Christians have questions as to the life and certainly due to what I call the "what I have heard" category. It is a legitimate question and...

This is one of the "old time" legalistic points which was extant to a larger extent years ago, and usually two activities were linked together...smoking and dancing. There are NO VERSES in the Bible which prohibit either and after all, David danced. However, as others have stated, smoking does...

Every once in a while we come across people who will proudly say "If its in the Bible, I believe it. If its not in the Bible, I don't!". Some people will even attempt to say the same thing using King James language. (I guess I'm not "holy" enough to do that!) Lets go back to Genesis where...

We pray, right? Prayer should be part of every day of every believer. What about praying for the sick, the seriously ill? Is it possible that person's illness is being used by God for a much bigger reason? One of the most fertile grounds for getting closer to God is times of death and...

It was the whole left side of my head, around the ear and further forward and upward. "The aneurysm is growing and I'll soon be gone", is what I thought! No wonder, the stress, anxiety and anger has been brewing. It only happens at work where I've observed "special treatment" to others. No...

Hey, guess what? Me, you, all your friends and everyone you know and don't know are on their way to their LAST HEARTBEAT. What advance planning have you done? I don't mean financial, I'm writing about some of the aspects of YOUR funeral which are over looked and most of which are done the...

Have you? Its been several times for me. Once it was almost a forgotten formality. Another time, the "brass" was there, pictures were taken and a very important young guy, about the age of six, stood with me at my request. Those were official, secular events and procedure. They gave me...

I noticed these two ladies as I took the position I was hired for. Over time, you get to know and observe those with whom you work and one thing was certain, these ladies were different. Diane was always well dressed...no, not expensively dressed but dressed in appropriate office attire, not...

You need to be careful about this stuff. You are getting into this “Pop Christianity” area which isn’t CHRISTIAN at all. Yes you should pray for this man and regularly! Somebody who has problems with booze, drugs, immorality and all the rest isn’t “possessed”! They are sinners...like the...