Yesterday, we said goodbye to our daughters, sons-in-law, and five grandchildren after five days together. This was a special treat, as we have not celebrated Christmas in person, all together, since 2018. It was sad to hug our people, knowing it would be months before we see them again. I wasn’t looking forward to the …
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What Is Jesus’ Message in the Parable of the Talents?
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me.’” –Erma Bombeck In Matthew 25:14-30, Jesus tells a parable called “The Parable of the Talents.” In other scripture versions, the Greek …
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Three Ways (We Think) We Know Better Than God
I woke up this morning reflecting on the scripture I read yesterday and the blog that resulted from it. I believe this is God’s way of telling me to revisit this passage and bring the lessons from Saul’s life a little closer to home. 1 Samuel 13-15 left us with a pretty broad application point. …
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Desperate Measures
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Or do they? I researched the origins of this phrase. It seems to be based on a quote by Hippocrates from Aphorisms: "For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable." Although this was written 600 years after King Saul lived, it could have been his …
Do The Ten Commandments Still Matter?
Recently we received some pictures from our daughter who lives overseas. She and her husband and three of our precious grandchildren are serving God in full-time missions. The pictures were of our son-in-law baptizing a young man he has been discipling. The joy on both of their faces is priceless. While our daughter and son-in-law …
The Way Of The Word 