Chain Reaction

Scripture Your laws are wonderful. No wonder I obey them! The teaching of your word gives light, so even the simple can understand.  ~Psalm 119:129-130, NLT Quote If the Israelites had obeyed God’s commandments, there is no imagining how much God would have blessed them. ~Ya’akov This stanza contains a progression and everything begins with worship…

Celebrities Or Babies

Scripture The LORD takes delight in those who have respect for HIM. ~Psalms 147:11, NIRV Quote Liberals are children [immature], whiney, spoiled children. ~Stugotz Unfortunately for us, many atheletes have achieved celebrity status. Not only do they think like unholywooders, they expouse the same childish diatribe. Stan Van Gundy, the coach of the Detroit Pistons,…

Praise The LORD!

Scripture Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. ~Psalm 150:6, NIRV Quotes Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. ~Samuel Clemmons We conservatives have suffered many defeats but last night we experienced a miracle of sorts. Progressivism suffered a blow. I know that…

Dark Days

Scripture Tiberius Caesar had been ruling for 15 years. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea. Herod was the ruler of Galilee. His brother Philip was the ruler of Iturea and Traconitis. Lysanias was ruler of Abilene. Annas and Caiaphas were high priests. At that time God’s word came to John, son of Zechariah, in the…

A Heavy Burden

Scripture My guilt overwhelms me–it is too heavy to bear. ~Psalms 38:4 Quote “It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.” ~Oscar Wilde ‘Heavy’ is an oft used adjective in the Old Testament…heavy hand, heavy taxes, heavy burdens, heavy loses, heavy blow, heavy load, heavy yoke but more times than not in…

The Devil Incarnate

Scripture “Don’t listen to Hezekiah! These are the terms the king of Assyria is offering: Make peace with me—open the gates and come out. Then each of you can continue eating from your own grapevine and fig tree and drinking from your own well.” ~Isaiah 36:16, NIrV Quote “When pride and presumption walk before, shame…

Persistence

Scripture I will continue doing what I have always done. ~2 Corinthians 11:12, NLT Quote Failure has been identified as the path of least persistence. ~Zig Ziggler We use to sing a song when I was a tot, “So, let the sun shine in, face it with a grin Smilers never lose and frowners never win.” Change…

A Crack In The Wall

Scripture Those sins are like cracks in a high wall. They get bigger and bigger. Suddenly the wall breaks apart. Then it quickly falls down. ~Isaiah 30:13, NIrV  Quote The deterioration of a government begins always with the decay of its moral principles. ~Charles de Montesquieu My meeting last Sunday morning with the Trustees was about…

The Vineyards Are Brown

Scripture Vineyards near Heshbon and Sibmah have turned brown. ~Isaiah 16:8, CEV Quote It feels so hot, it feels so dry: I long for water to fall from the shy? ~French Proverb It has been very hot and very dry.  We got just a sprinkle on the Friday night of Danville’s first football game which is…