Category Archives: General
Coach or First Class?
Psalm 56: 3, 4 reads: “3. What time I am afraid, I will trust in Thee. 4. In God I will praise His word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto … Continue reading
Issues with Issues, Etc.
I write supportive of Issues, Etc. I will support my congregation funding Issues, Etc. “resurrection” in Pirate Christian Radio as much as the crew of the Black Pearl supported rescuing Captain Jack Sparrow from the nether world.
You’re Just a Kid!
“You’re just a kid!” O how age can be made an accusation.
Of Style and Substance
The following will enable those who haven’t placed me in the category of fundamentalist or uneducated to do so now.
Heaven Waits for those who Congregate
Don Williams sang in 1980 that he didn’t “believe that heaven waits for only those who congregate.” With due respect to the truth of country music in general and Don Williams in particular, I disagree.
On the Reading of Small Books
Solomon warns, “Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh” (Ecc. 12:12). Having just finished two small books worth reading but less wearying, brought to mind other small books I have … Continue reading
“Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign”…So Where’s the Real Thing?
The movie Stand By Me opens with a man (Richard Dreyfus) sitting in his car wondering if anyone has friends like they did when they were 12? At 12 and through my teen years I had a friend named Eric. … Continue reading
The Real Story of The Real Story of Creation
Concordia Publishing House has mailed to all congregations a picture book on creation written by Dr. Paul L. Maier and beautifully illustrated by Robert T. Barret. It is for 8 year olds and up. It starts out telling the farfetched … Continue reading