Posts with the category “pandemic-posts”

This week I have been reviewing the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew chapters 5 through 7.  Jesus ends his message with the story about the wise man who built his house on the rock and the foolish man w...  Read More

From time to time my wife and I share with each other something new or a new insight that we may have received from our daily reading or Bible study.  This week she shared with me a picture of Jesus a...  Read More

This morning I read Psalm 91 and I am so glad I did.  What a source of encouragement!  The heading information in the Bible I was reading said that the author was anonymous.  It describes the theme as...  Read More

As I write today, I am thinking about encouragement and just how important that is.  We all have our moments when we need encouraged and lifted up.  Those of us who are living now, whether we are youn...  Read More

As I sit down to write this, I am thinking about the death this week of two men that I knew.  They were first cousins to each other and approximately ten years apart in age—their dads were brothers.  ...  Read More

Through an experience this week I was reminded of something that I have learned about myself.  Often in secular settings when meeting people that I will be working with for the first time, my initial ...  Read More

While reading 1 Peter this week I was reminded of a Bible verse that became a foundation of my faith many years ago—1 Peter 3:15 “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give ...  Read More

The apostle John writes a letter (3 John) to a friend of his whose name is Gaius.  We do not know who Gaius is except by what John writes in his letter.  It appears that Gaius was a younger man that J...  Read More

My grandmother had a practice of reading the book of James every day.  While I do not have that same practice, I still enjoy reading James.  It is perhaps the first New Testament book to have been wri...  Read More

As I have pondered this morning about what I would share with you today, my mind goes back to the time I was in grade school at a little country school called Wildcatt.  The brick building is still st...  Read More

I have been reading some this week in the book of Hebrews.  It has been said that Hebrews was written to the Jews (Hebrews) who had become Christians to encourage them in their faith.  In so doing it ...  Read More