I played football in high school and loved the crash and bash. Just what a young buck needed to bled off enough energy to sleep at night. But our society has gotten unbalanced about football. The stadium was full at Happy Valley. Penn State was due to play Michigan on November 13, 2021. Both … Continue reading Football Foolishness
The Name No One Knows
Revelation 2:17 is an encouragement. To him who overcomes, I (Jesus Christ) I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name on it, known only to him who receives it. I believe people long to be sympathetically understood. I do. A frequent attitude … Continue reading The Name No One Knows
Surprising Result
Colossians 1:11 leaped out me . . . flashing like a neon sign. It reports a surprising result. What would you expect from “. . . being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might?” With all that spiritual fire-power (“strengthened with all power” and “according to His glorious might”) I would expect that … Continue reading Surprising Result
Forced From The Ideal
Leadership is never easy. It wasn’t for Moses. It won’t be for us. The Ideal Twice in Matthew 19:1-12 our Lord called the discussion back to the ideal, saying that marriage was permanent. One man, one woman, for life. That was the ideal; what God intended from the very beginning of civilization and what … Continue reading Forced From The Ideal
Canary in the Cage (Philip’s Funeral)
I laughed until the tears rolled down my cheeks, insisting that I wanted a square hat like the Anglican clergymen who officiated at Prince Philip’s funeral. I also told my son that a cape like another official wore would make a grand birthday present. Credit: Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons I … Continue reading Canary in the Cage (Philip’s Funeral)
Issues Swept Aside
Luke 13:1-5 is an example of our Lord sweeping aside the agenda of those questioning Him to press a more important point. His questioners were trying to determine the connection between sin and disaster (Jewish worshippers killed by Pilate and a tower that fell upon construction workers, killing 18). They were wrestling with mystery: “Why … Continue reading Issues Swept Aside