The soldiers of an infantry unit had been in the field for two weeks when the Sergeant announces, “I’ve got good news and bad news.”
“First the good news. Today we’re going to change our underwear.”
The troops start cheering wildly. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2015
9 Essentials For Effective Exercise
If you asked me, “Do you work-out?” I would say, “Yes. Usually on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.”
However, in the past month, I’ve been away on two trips that’s affected my regular routine. Yesterday, I realized that it had been more than three weeks since I had worked-out. I had gotten out of the habit. And it was hard to get going again.
As I pushed myself to finish the Elliptical machine, I thought of the parallel spiritually and was reminded of Paul’s exhortation in I Timothy 4:7-8. Continue reading
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WORD OF THE WEEK: Freedom
“Proud of to an American” was a Fox News special hosted by Brian Kilmeade on July 4th. In addition to Fox commentators, they sent out camera crews to film both celebrities, and unknown Americans as they answered this question: “Why are you proud to be an American?”
The answers were varied. Continue reading
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Lord’s Supper Communion
Communion is an important part of the Christian experience. It is fellowship. It is association. It is sharing or holding something in common with another. We have the privilege of communion with God. We enjoy communion with each other.
But there is a special sense in which we have communion. Paul used the word this way in 1 Corinthians 10:16-17. Continue reading
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REFLECTIONS ON AMERICA’S BIRTHDAY
I’m feeling a bit melancholy on this Saturday morning.
I probably shouldn’t feel this way, but I do. It’s a beautiful beginning to the day. It’s a very pleasant 60 degrees on my back porch. The sun is shining. Birds are chirping. Squirrels are scampering about the woods behind us. The deer are enjoying their morning “salt lick.” And the coffee is good.
Why don’t I feel in a celebratory mood? Continue reading
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IT’S FRIDAY. BUT SUNDAY’S COMING! Wounded For Me
One day, following WWI, an Englishman, William G. Ovens, saw a wounded veteran limping down the street. The thought occurred to Ovens that this man was wounded for him. Greater reflection, however, caused him to think how Christ in much deeper and significant sense had suffered that he might be saved. This thought inspired Ovens to write the words of the familiar hymn “Wounded for Me.” Continue reading
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9 Ways I Define My Identity
“Nobody can control or define our identities unless we let them, and so I chose to come out and to define myself – nothing more.”
These words are by Bradley Manning, who now identifies himself as female named Chelsea. Manning is serving 35 years in prison for espionage and has demanded “gender confirming healthcare” from the federal prison system.
Manning’s words express the current social trend toward personal self-expression and identity definition by homosexuals, bisexuals, lesbians, pansexuals, and transgenders
In fact, re-identification knows no boundaries.
GREAT VERSES OF THE BIBLE: Matthew 6:34
During the war between two city-states in ancient Greece, a spy was captured and sentenced to death. Before the execution he requested an audience with the King.
The interview was granted, and the condemned man stood before the Ruler and begged “O great king, if you do not execute me, but instead allow me to live a mere two years longer, I will teach your favorite horse to sing.”
The king thought “What’s two years? I can always kill him later.” So he agreed, and the spy was spared. Continue reading
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