Do What You Can
“I don’t have time for this right now.” How often do we hear it? How often do we say it? If you are like me sometimes it’s even worse — you mean it. I can even be doing something for someone else (that I agreed to do) and I don’t say it aloud but on…
Read MoreRuminations of a Long-term Wife
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house with a quarrelsome wife. Proverbs 21:9 A friend once told me that when she gets to heaven one of her first questions for the Lord will be, “Men, women, same house? Was that really Your plan?” Though I do not…
Read MoreFaithful Like Netflix
The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy; they are established forever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness. Psalm 111:7-8 What kind of a deal do Netflix and Amazon.com have with the US Post Office? Netflix turnover of movies from the time they go out…
Read MoreFruitful Follow-Up
Conversation #1: Me: “Is she a believer?” Response: “Oh yeah, I think so. She is so nice and she’s in church every week.” Conversation #2: Me: “How did you come to know Christ?” Response: “Oh, I went to a Billy Graham crusade when I was younger and went forward for the invitation.” Neither of these…
Read MoreGod Does Not Vote
Last week I was at a gathering of politically-minded people. There were some candidates for public office there campaigning. Each one was given a few minutes to speak after the main speaker for the night had given his talk on the underpinnings of the Constitution. He had made the point that the Constitution has…
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