Sweet memories……. (written 10/18/2020) ”On the night that I first saw Bill Byrd, I was picked up at my dorm by one of his fraternity brothers and was escorted to a social event on Auburn’s campus for those of us who were candidates for sweetheart of...
“This kind can only come out by prayer.” There is an incident recorded in three Gospels- Mark 9:14-29, Matthew 17:14-21, and Luke 9:37-45 that gives interesting perspective on miracles and prayer. It comes on the heels of the twelve disciples having been sent out by...
stig-muh (singular) or stig-mah-tuh (plural) In general: In the singular especially, it is a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one’s reputation. Medicine/Medical: a. a mental or physical mark that is characteristic of a defect or disease:...
Miracles of Healing Ministry CBB 4-15-20 “As a very young child, perhaps 3 ½ or 4, I recall my Father taking me to see a relative of his in Barbour County, AL. My recollection is that it was his maternal grandfather’s second wife, whom family members called...
A heretical bishop in the United Methodist Church had written that this story, told in Matthew 15:21-28 and in Mark 7:24-30, is an example of Jesus’ bigotry and misogyny, that he would ignore a Gentile woman’s pleading for help. But as I wrote then, after...
