January 31 – The Ministry of the Unnamed


Monthly Archives: January 2017

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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
April 11, 2025 April 11 – Time Alone Every time I read through the Gospels I am intrigued by the solitude of Christ.  He was constantly being thronged by the masses; He continually engaged the multitudes.  He was in high demand everywhere He went.  He worked late in 0
April 10, 2025 April 10 – Beautiful Coffins Not long ago I helped a family pick out a coffin for their deceased loved one.  As we were escorted into the “showroom” of caskets, the undertaker went into “sales mode.”  He began pointing out particular features, and addressing particular 0
April 9, 2025 April 9 – Objects in the Mirror We’ve all read the warning posted on the side-view mirror of our vehicles “Objects in Mirror are Closer Than They Appear.”  This cautionary statement is in place to give us a proper perspective on our surroundings.  It serves to remind 0
April 8, 2025 April 8 – The Devil is a Lie Jesus called Satan the “father of lies.”  Every falsity told is birthed from the character of the prince of darkness.  From the deception of Eve to the temptation of Christ, he sought to destroy man’s relationship with God.  Today, he 0
April 7, 2025 April 7 – Don’t Settle for the Grapes Kadesh-Barnea will forever be remembered as a place of mediocrity and regret for the children of Israel.  It was there that Moses sent out the spies to view the land of Canaan.  If you will recall, twelve men were ordered 0