February 28 – Doing the “Scales” with God


Monthly Archives: February 2017

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April 21, 2025 April 21 – Following Christ In the ninth chapter of Luke, Jesus encountered three different men who sought to be a follower of Christ.  In response to their pursuit, Jesus gave them a description of the life of a true disciple.  In essence, He told 0
April 20, 2025 April 20 – More than a Feeling Pop culture, romance novels, Hollywood flair, and story-book endings have greatly skewed the meaning of love.  We have reduced it to an emotional feeling, a shallow appeal of the senses.  Do not get me wrong, love certainly is emotional, and 0
April 19, 2025 April 19 – Watch Out for the Creeps In the small epistle of Jude, we are warned to watch out for “the creeps.”  Actually the verse reads like this, “For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, 0
April 18, 2025 April 18 – The Purpose of Possessions You didn’t have to remove yourself very far from your bed this morning to realize the blessings of God.  They are all around us-His goodness and gifts abound.  Have you seen them yet today?  Your spouse, your children, your home, 0
April 17, 2025 April 17 – Counterpunch Christians Some of the greatest boxers in the history of the sport have not been great punchers, they have been great counterpunchers.  A counterpunch is exactly what it sounds like: punching someone after being punched.  This may sound like an obtuse 0
April 16, 2025 April 16 – Surfing with the Kids While on vacation in Navarre Beach, Florida I was entertained early one morning as I watched a father teaching his daughter the fundamentals of surfing.  The empty beach and the choppy early-morning waves created a perfect training environment.        The father 0
April 15, 2025 April 15 – Fish Before You File Many people will be rushing off to the post office today in an attempt to beat the ever-present deadline of filing tax returns.  The old cliché of death and taxes is a sobering reminder on April 15th perhaps more than 0
April 14, 2025 April 14 – Sleeping in Church Have you ever meet someone who slept in church?  You probably have a particular person in mind right now that naps frequently at the House of God.  It used to personally offend me to look out and see people sleeping 0
April 13, 2025 April 13 – Do You Have a Fat Mind?   Someone has rightly observed, “You are what you eat.”  What we put into our bodies has long-lasting, life-altering effects.  Because our culture is inundated with the fast-food mentality, we are the heaviest generation ever in America.  If this is 0
April 12, 2025 April 12 – No Ponies Needed The Pony Express was a privately-owned business that carried mail through an organized team of horseback riders in the mid 1800’s. Their circuit of travel spanned from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California. The cost to send a letter was 0