When we are criticized, most of us react immediately by getting defensive. We deflect the criticism or conjure up a reason why the critic doesn’t have the right or authority to speak about us. We figure out something that they’re doing that’s wrong so that we don’t have to listen to them. For most of […]
Mohandas Ghandi gave his grandson a sheet of paper with the “seven blunders of the world.” These are seven areas that he thought modern cultures were getting wrong. I tend to think he is right! Wealth without work. We all know someone who came into money and wasn’t prepared for what would happen next. Our […]
Who was I to think that I could oppose God? Acts 11:17 There is an apocryphal story about a village warrior in a cannibal village in a remote South Pacific Island. He came down with a stomach ailment and went to the local witch doctor for help. After the good doctor had given him a […]
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23 If we have oozed out of some slime millions of years ago and have reached the present state of being a humanoid, who are we and of what value? How do we place a value on us humans? Is it because […]
Pride goes before destruction, A haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18 “Pride is the root of all evil,” so some have declared. Pride led Adam and Eve to make bad decisions. Pride led the people of Babel to choose the wrong direction. Pride has been the detrimental cause of many a fall. Pride puffs up […]
When he came to his senses, I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Luke 15 The road back to the Father’s house is long and hard. It is filled with doubt and despair. It depresses and decomposes. It works on every part of the human creation. Physical, spiritual and emotional reconditioning requires one to […]
Don’t you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough? I Corinthians 5:6 Yeast is a silent and unseen ingredient that shows its presence by what it does. “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all […]
This is the age when people want us to build character: “Character Counts.” We want our children to learn good character traits and be able to apply them at the opportune time. There is little question that bringing character into play in our world would be a move in the fight direction.
This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; She shall be called woman, for she was taken out of man. Genesis 2:23 Some things are still surprising. You can be fired for referring to the Bible in a class-oom. A display of the Ten Commandments will be reason for governors to […]