Devotion
A Perfect Mistake
Mothers father worked as a carpenter. On this particular day, he was building some crates for the clothes his church was sending to some rphanage in China. On his way home, he reached into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone. When he mentally replayed his earlier actions, he realized what […]
A Living Message
Vincent Van Gogh was not always an artist. In fact, he wanted to be a church pastor and was even sent to the Belgian mining community of Borinage in 1879. He discovered that the miners there endured deplorable working conditions and poverty-level wages. Their families were malnourished and struggled simply to survive. He felt concerned […]
Memo from God
MEMO FROM GOD Reference: LIFE This is God. Today I will be handling All of your problems for you. I do Not need your help. So, have a nice day. I love you. GOD P.S. And, remember…. If life happens to deliver a situation to you that you can not handle, do Not attempt to […]
Why Do Christians Fight?
Why Do Christians Fight? A Sermon by Brent J. Eelman September 28, 2003 Abington Presbyterian Church I Corinthians 13 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and […]
Dear Adam… A Letter to South Africa
Dear Adam… A letter to South Africa ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?… O, my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent.’ ‘I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me. When I lie down […]
Humility
I wrote: According to the saints humble people don’t know they’re humble. They don’t think about it. They are preoccupied with Christ. (Heard about the pastor who was so humble they gave him a badge to celebrate his virtue? But he made the mistake of wearing it, so they had to take it back 🙂 […]
So Many Valuable Possessions
This comes from the file of “stupid criminals”: Waylon Prendergast, 37, of Tampa, Florida, committed a spur-of-the-moment robbery while on his way home from a late-night drinking session. A very inebriated Mr. Prendergast forced his way into the house through an open upstairs window, filling a suitcase with cash and valuables before setting the living […]
Seen Jesus lately?
If you haven’t seen Jesus lately, you must surely be the only one. Jesus sightings are at an all-time high, including… Joyce Simpson, who saw the face of Jesus in a forkful of spaghetti on a billboard in Georgia. Numerous other people called to say they had seen it as well, though some claimed the […]
Giving things up
For those interested in a Lenten action or different challenging thing to give up here are a few suggestions I have used from another Christian web site to choose from. Lenten Actions: Think of a person with whom you have a strained relationship and make some gesture toward improving that relationship. Or Schedule a fifteen […]
Losing your salvation
‘I’ve lost my salvation’ wrote a Netfriend. My response: Whatever her story is, let me suggest the most wonderful words anyone who believes they’ve committed the ‘unpardonable sin / sin against the Holy Spirit’ can hear: ‘If it concerns you – even a little bit – God’s grace is such that you haven’t committed that […]
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