I just love the way that Oswald Chambers puts things. Today he says this: “The Sermon on the Mount is not a set of rules and regulations” it is a picture of the life we will live when the Holy Spirit is having His unhindered way with us.” As I...
I wrote the previous post (below) while in some high pain. I don’t think that I could have written it with low pain. Not sure why I’m posting this post except for self-pity. I hurt so badly but can’t do anything about it since I can’t tolerate narcotics, opiates, and...
I don’t look in the mirror often. Part of the reason is that I’ve seen myself often enough and I just don’t have the need to see what I look like anymore. I will wash my face, neck and ears. I’ll floss and brush my teeth. I’ll comb my hair....
“Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:” – Jeremiah 31:31 I met Genie and Nancy Lowe (mother and daughter) on the campus of Bob Jones University back around 1989 or 1990 at...
There is a book that I read in High School called “Black Like Me.” (Warning: It has some mature content.) Originally written in 1960, it describes an experiment conducted by a man where he colored himself black and went to the deep South, New Orleans, to be precise. This was...
OK. Here’s the scoop. I could never complete a worthy discourse on “the truth about pain.” I set such lofty goals, ones far beyond my capacity. I would be sorry that I even started this topic except that it seems there is a purpose in it. Truth has purpose. So...
Pain is personal. I can’t feel your pain and you can’t feel mine. We sense and react differently. There may be similarities but there can be little real comparison. There is no independent, third-party observer that can see your pain and mine and then make an objective comparison. Pain cannot...
How Not to Pray – An Object Lesson by Ed Rodatus, 1992 Praying with Empty Words [Take an empty pitcher and “pour” into a cup.] Matthew 6:7 “And when you pray, do not keep on babbling [empty words] like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their...
Priorities of life I often need to remind myself of the priorities of life. Does what I am doing really matter? It can be a difficult question to answer. When we don’t bother to ask we’re too busy. But it will become important sometime in our life. We are wise...
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: Matthew 7:24 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him...