Gladstone and  Victoria

Gladstone and  Victoria

by | Feb 23, 2024

Why Couldn’t They Get Along William Gladstone was the Prime Minister of England four times (between 1868 and 1898) during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837 – 1901).     Description: Gladstone – Tall,  erect, the picture of uprightness and Victorian...
 It’s Impossible . . . 

 It’s Impossible . . . 

by | Feb 5, 2024

. . .  to “pray without ceasing” as I Thessalonians 5:17 directs. We have to work, sleep, eat, serve. Even the Bible directs that we are to do many other things than pray, but it still says, “Pray continuously.”  What could this mean?   It means...
Tell Me The Dream (Thoughts for Preachers)

Tell Me The Dream (Thoughts for Preachers)

by | Feb 5, 2024

 Your Delivery is Critical.   Some preachers take off, fly up to 35,000 feet, speak for forty minutes and then land, maintaining the same delivery.  Same intensity in their voice. Same tone of voice, same, volume.  Same, same (shame) puts people to...
Enough

Enough

by | Feb 5, 2024

The Apostle Paul went to Jerusalem with an offering from the Gentile Christian to the Hebrews Christians. He had been collecting it for some months. He had written a reminder letter to the believers in Corinth (II Corinthians 8 & 9).  Apparently the idea...
Letter to A Young Christian Woman Dating a Non-Christian

Letter to A Young Christian Woman Dating a Non-Christian

by | Jan 22, 2024

Hello Dear Anabel,   I have enjoyed you from afar, not having a lot of contact with you as you were growing up  . . . but seeing your engaging and cheerful spirit in the halls at church and marveling at your graceful ballet motion. We have followed your...
Letter to a Dying Woman 

Letter to a Dying Woman 

by | Jan 18, 2024

Some years ago, I wrote the following to a friend who was facing impending death. Possibly you know someone who would be encouraged by this letter.   December 8, 2021 Dear Sir Patrick & Lady Deb,  You are as saintly a couple as we have ever met....