Complainers.
You’ve been around them.
They were all over Zacchaeus the tax collector in the Bible.
They attacked Jesus in the temple, the woman being stoned, even the disciples in the Upper Room ...
A carpenter was nearing retirement to spend his time with his wife and grandchildren.
His boss, for whom the carpenter had worked faithfully for years, asked him to do one last job.
The carpenter ...
College students can be a creative lot.
Four chums stayed out the night before a test rather than study.
They arrived in class with intentionally grimy hands and told the teacher they had gotten a ...
The Rolling Stones is a rock band with little visible connection to Christianity, yet one of their songs finds its way into today’s post.
If we write, “Can’t Get No Satisfaction,” we are ...
Traveling with small children is like moving to another state. We have the toys and the clothes and the emergency snacks. Then, just in case, we also load all those little doodads like strollers and ...
Read more: A Backpack and a Pocket of Change
Paul, historical writer of much of the New Testament, was a man for every situation.
Powerhouse? Absolutely! He was highly educated, a Roman citizen, and enjoyed a position of power in the Jewish ...
A number of years ago, Burger King presented a new slogan.
Have It Your Way
The new slogan illustrated the emphasis on individuality prevalent at the time. They would retain it as a successful ...
What makes a winner?
You don’t have to be a sports nut to answer this ... We want to be a top-notch architect. The best burger flipper in the joint. The neighborhood’s favorite grandma. ...
What’s your motivation?
For anything? Getting a new house, for example. Why? You must pack up and move. Likely your payment will go higher. Why bother? A coat of new paint and polish the floors, ...
What good are brass knuckles?
You know, those devices we slip around our fingers to give us an edge in a fight?
Oh, you’ve never used them? Not even the verbal sort?
Whiplash comments that can ...
Lock the door.
Sometimes that’s enough. Tell sin no, and don’t answer when it comes to call.
I can’t party with you tonight.
I no longer do your drug of choice.
I can’t ride in the car ...
We are being tallied. Watched, observed, photographed, and tracked.
The world knows what we’re about every hour of every day.
We can’t say, “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.”
What ...
We are all familiar with the tragic story of the Titanic.
Luxury ship on her maiden voyage, big iceberg, SMASH! Story over.
A 2017 study on what really caused the sinking of the Titanic revealed ...
Complainers.
You’ve been around them.
They were all over Zacchaeus the tax collector in the Bible.
They attacked Jesus in the temple, the woman being stoned, even the disciples in the Upper Room ...
A carpenter was nearing retirement to spend his time with his wife and grandchildren.
His boss, for whom the carpenter had worked faithfully for years, asked him to do one last job.
The carpenter ...
College students can be a creative lot.
Four chums stayed out the night before a test rather than study.
They arrived in class with intentionally grimy hands and told the teacher they had gotten a ...
The Rolling Stones is a rock band with little visible connection to Christianity, yet one of their songs finds its way into today’s post.
If we write, “Can’t Get No Satisfaction,” we are ...
Traveling with small children is like moving to another state. We have the toys and the clothes and the emergency snacks. Then, just in case, we also load all those little doodads like strollers and ...
Read more: A Backpack and a Pocket of Change
Paul, historical writer of much of the New Testament, was a man for every situation.
Powerhouse? Absolutely! He was highly educated, a Roman citizen, and enjoyed a position of power in the Jewish ...
A number of years ago, Burger King presented a new slogan.
Have It Your Way
The new slogan illustrated the emphasis on individuality prevalent at the time. They would retain it as a successful ...
