We can’t be fake.
Fakers lose, because they eventually slip up. The lies become so twisted, they forget what’s the truth and what’s the lie. Exposed, fakers’ lives crumble around them.
In a ...
Not all beautiful things are useful.
Take that shiny sports car with only two seats. Where do the kids go? How about the dog? And if we want the spouse to ride along?
Or that wedding band? After ...
We’re given one lifetime to experience.
In 1960, an African might enjoy as much as 40 years from birth to death. By 1980, that had risen to about 50 years. Even in 2016, the average African lived ...
Doctors do it.
Nurses, too. They check our vital signs to ensure we’re healthy and strong.
In addition, anyone who takes a first aid course will learn to recognize the signs of life, so that we ...
Sometimes we’re just plain wrong.
Not us! Oh, no! We are the Christians who set the example for the rest of the world. We can’t be wrong.
Or, at least we can’t admit it. If we do, then ...
Fashion designers love to update old styles to new and improved versions. Today’s thin-rimmed spectacles become tomorrow’s horn-rimmed peepers. Epaulets today are the shoulder pads of the future. ...
Apply for a job, any job, and one of our first questions will be, “Have you ever committed a crime?”
Ouch, we think. Is that all it takes to defeat our attempts to improve ourselves? We’ve ...
If intent counted, every Christian would be walking in the perfection of the Lord. The more difficult path is standing in truth when reality gets in the way of our promises to God.
We kneel, feel ...
Dirt is a part of life. No matter how much of a clean nut we are, there will be dirt. There will always be dirt. The best we can do is clean it away on a regular basis.
Several years ago, a ...
Isaac Newton proved once and for all that what goes up must come down. It has to do with gravity, one of the fundamental forces of nature. It’s natural, automatic, and affects every part of our ...
Why a burnt offering? Why take a perfectly good sheep and roast it until it’s no longer good for anything except tossing to the side?
Exodus 29:15-18 talks of the burnt offering (different from ...
Showcasing a new home helps it sell faster and for more money. Professionals set out beautiful things in the most attractive ways possible. Furniture is arranged in the most appealing configuration, ...
Some cooking pans can’t be soaked in water. Cast iron will rust, and stoneware has to be seasoned to keep food from sticking. Others we don’t have time to let soak, and we can’t afford to ...
We can’t be fake.
Fakers lose, because they eventually slip up. The lies become so twisted, they forget what’s the truth and what’s the lie. Exposed, fakers’ lives crumble around them.
In a ...
Not all beautiful things are useful.
Take that shiny sports car with only two seats. Where do the kids go? How about the dog? And if we want the spouse to ride along?
Or that wedding band? After ...
We’re given one lifetime to experience.
In 1960, an African might enjoy as much as 40 years from birth to death. By 1980, that had risen to about 50 years. Even in 2016, the average African lived ...
Doctors do it.
Nurses, too. They check our vital signs to ensure we’re healthy and strong.
In addition, anyone who takes a first aid course will learn to recognize the signs of life, so that we ...
Sometimes we’re just plain wrong.
Not us! Oh, no! We are the Christians who set the example for the rest of the world. We can’t be wrong.
Or, at least we can’t admit it. If we do, then ...
Fashion designers love to update old styles to new and improved versions. Today’s thin-rimmed spectacles become tomorrow’s horn-rimmed peepers. Epaulets today are the shoulder pads of the future. ...
Apply for a job, any job, and one of our first questions will be, “Have you ever committed a crime?”
Ouch, we think. Is that all it takes to defeat our attempts to improve ourselves? We’ve ...
