Naomi’s Boy

Scripture The neighborhood women named him Obed, but they called him “Naomi’s Boy.” ~Ruth 4:17, CEV Quote Jesus is my LORD and Savior, not my religion. ~Image Quotes Ruth is a very short but very fascinating book. It contains all the emotions: sorrow, sadness, separation, grief, depression, bitterness and ecstatic joy. I love the book…

Burden Sharing

Scripture Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.  ~Galatians 6:2, NIV Quote Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care. ~Theodore Roosevelt I don’t normally do what I’m about to do but I feel compelled to make and exception. Ray and Darlene…

Child Worship

Scripture But you honor your sons instead of Me! You don’t respect the sacrifices and offerings that are brought to Me, and you’ve all gotten fat from eating the best parts. ~I Samuel 2:29, CEV Quote Eventually every idol, every substitute for God will be destroyed and you may be forced to watch. ~Ya’akov Eli…

Depravity

Scripture “No one is acceptable to God! Not one of them understands or even searches for God. They have all turned away and are worthless. There isn’t one person who does right.” ~Romans 3:10-12, CEV Quote The depravity of man is the most empirically verifiable reality but at the same time, the most intellectually resisted…

The Alliance

Scripture Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them. ~Romans 1:32, NIV Quote The government school system has served as an incubator for ideologies like evolution, marxism, progressivism, and the radical homosexual…

Two Sorry Fathers and One Sorry Husband

Scripture The men refused to listen, so the Levite grabbed his wife and shoved her outside. The men raped her and abused her all night long. ~Judges 19:25, CEV Quote My greatest achievement was convincing my wife to marry me. ~David Wood or Winston Churchill I don’t know how many times I have read this…

Scripture It is wonderful to be grateful and to sing your praises, Lord Most High! ~Psalms 92:1, CEV Quote Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances ~Viktor Frankl I’ve known two people in my life time who were fond of…

A World Enslaved

Scripture “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” ~John 8:32, CEV Quote For over 200 years the Western world has tried to make secularized human nature and intellect, free of any dependence upon Jesus and His teachings. ~Dallas Willard Friedrich Nietzsche is often accused of being an atheist but I…

The Ragging Sea

Scripture Suddenly a windstorm struck the lake. Waves started splashing into the boat, and it was about to sink. Jesus was in the back of the boat with his head on a pillow, and he was asleep. ~Mark 4:37-38, CEV Quote God does not respond to demands or coercion: He does respond to prayer and He…

Driven By Hate

Scripture  “I am not guilty of any of these crimes, and no one has the right to hand me over to these people {Jews}. I now ask to be tried by the Emperor himself.” ~Acts 25:11, CEV Quote I will let no man cause me to hate. ~George Washington Carver Hate is a strong emotion;…