This little piece of history trivia crossed my path today. It’s worth noting that the more things seem to change, the more they remain the same……. President Harry S.Truman sent a very personal and powerful handwritten letter on December 29, 1955 to his...
The difference 8 days can make…….. Consider this event after Christ’s Resurrection: Jn 20:19-29- 19 Now when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, (which was Resurrection Sunday) and when the doors were shut where the disciples...
It is not unusual for us to discern oppressive spirits that have attached themselves to women who come into Titus 2’s women’s residence. These women’s histories of self-indulgent, unboundaried, and many times reckless activities have placed them in horrific situations...
Fourth in series of four weekly sermons at First Church of God- PC- 5/2/21 Our primary texts for these 4 Sundays after Easter have been from the book of Acts, looking at key principles proclaimed by and revealed in the lives of the disciples after Christ’s...
I’ve always been intrigued by Simon Peter’s name change dubbed by Jesus and the way in which, at particular times of reprimand, Jesus would resort to his former natural flesh-life name and when Jesus was seeing something more promising and worthy of...
April 25, 2021 On the first Sunday after Easter, our Scripture led us to a consideration of UNITY. Last Sunday, it led us to a consideration of RIGHTEOUSNESS. Today we’re going to consider another principle of the Gospel- BOLD WITNESS Acts 4:5-12- 5 On the...
“I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.” Something shared in social media by a friend and worth remembering; ....
I realized decades ago that the pre-adolescent baptism of my 10-year-old youth provided a sense of spiritual “security”, of possessing a ticket into heaven that would never be taken away. It was a sweet, tender surrender of a childish emotional affection...
On more than one occasion I have sought through prayer the justice exemplified through the Gideon case memorialized at the Bay County courthouse….. I just love hearing stories about how certain things came to be the way they are. I was at the courthouse one day...
A question posed by a friend this stormy morning: Why is lightning spelled differently than enlightening? Why does one get an extra “e?” Who made up these rules? You went back and checked, didn’t you? My perspective on this linguistic dilemma: To...
