With Jack Bailey
Scripture “You are the salt of the earth….You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.” ~Matthew 5:13-14, NIV Quote Christians are the “light of the world” but light exposes, and people do not want to be exposed. ~Timothy Keller You would think that people of integrity would…
Scripture Forsake your folly and live, and proceed in the way of understanding.” ~Proverbs 9:6, NASB Quote Folly and sin are always parasitic of the good that God has created. ~Robert Van Leeuwen We live in a culture that has become increasingly ungodly and relativistic. Moral relativism, the god of the day, insist that every person…
Scripture The hopes of the godly result in happiness, but the expectations of the wicked come to nothing. ~Proverbs 10:28, NLT Quote A life lived without Christ will end in futility ~Timothy Keller You’ve heard me say that SIN IS STUPID but today I offer an new adjective; SIN IS ABSURD. I looked up the…
Scripture I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ~Luke 12:19, NIV Quote There is nothing more foolish than for a human to think he or she has life under control. ~Tim Keller Solomon said is Proverbs 1:32, “For the waywardness…
Scripture “How long, you simpletons, will you insist on being simpleminded? How long will you mockers relish your mocking? How long will you fools hate knowledge?” ~Proverbs 1:22, NLT Quote Fame {Hollywood} is proof that people are gullible. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Proverbs uses more than one synonym to describe a foolish person and two of…
Scripture As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear HIM. ~Psalm 103:13, REB Quote Long experience is the crown of the aged, and their pride is the fear of the LORD ~Jesus Son of Sirach Very little is original with me: I do read quite a…
Scripture For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. As it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one. ~Romans 3:9-10, NIV Quote The only way to avoid Jesus, is to avoid sin. ~Flannery O’Connor I’m a huge fan of Luke and…
Scripture In God I trust and am not afraid. What can man do to me? ~Psalms 58:11, NIV Quote Courage is not the absence of fear, it is the conquest of it. ~Anonymous David was a warrior king who had stood face to face with death in hand to hand combat many times and yet…
Scripture Paul had decided to sail on past Ephesus, because he did not want to spend too much time in Asia. He was in a hurry and wanted to be in Jerusalem in time for Pentecost. ~Acts 20:16, CEV Quote Everything is life is eventually taken away from us after a tragically brief time of…
Scripture The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously. Psalms 37:21, NIV Quote If Jesus had been as grudging with His life and His blood as we are with His money, where would we be? ~Timothy Keller Let me share the verse above in the JEV, “Those who do not fear…