May 22, 2021 · 5:22 am

Weekly Recap: May 16-21

Good Morning from Beverly Hills, Florida

After being away for 3 out of the last 4 weeks, it was good to be home all week.  And we’re blessed that we now have a place that we can call home.  Again.

Tomorrow, we’re driving up to Trenton where I’ll begin a Sunday-Wednesday meeting at the Cherry Sink Church.  We’ve been there many times in the past and look forward to being with these brethren again and seeing our friends in Gilchrist county.   You can access our schedule, as it currently stands, and see where we will be in the coming weeks. Continue reading →

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May 21, 2021 · 5:09 am

Friday’s List To Live By #40

Today’s list comes from a little paperback gift book by Clara Hinton entitled Heavenly Pearls of Wisdom for Husbands.

It contains 100 suggestions with an accompanying Bible verse on how husbands can keep love alive forever.

We picked out a dozen that you will find helpful. (Hint to wives: You might want to print this out and leave it where your husband can see it!) Continue reading →

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May 20, 2021 · 8:09 am

Almost. But…

An Alabama preacher, Kevin Jones, tells the sad story about a 62-year-old man named William Hyatt. He was found in the Mojave Desert with his face and his hands buried in the sand seeking water.

Hyatt’s car had broken down, and he had walked 22 miles through the Desert. The last two miles, he crawled on his hands and feet and finally died in the sand. Just over the hill, in ½ mile was the Saratoga Spring that could have saved him.

Almost, but… Continue reading →

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May 19, 2021 · 6:07 am

A Passage To Ponder: Acts 26:12-23

In his Daily Bible Study series, William Barclay tells a compelling story about an evangelist named Brownlow North. Apparently, in his younger days, he had lived a wild life.

“Once, just before he was to enter the pulpit in a church in Aberdeen, he received a letter. This letter informed him that its writer had evidence of some disgraceful thing which Brownlow North had done before he became a Christian, and it went on to say that the writer proposed to interrupt the service and to tell the whole congregation of that sin if he preached.” Continue reading →

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May 18, 2021 · 7:31 am

The Bonds That Bind Us Together

Last week Norma Jean and I attended the “Golden Grads” luncheon during the Florida College Lectures.

It’s a reunion of FC classes spanning the years from 1947-1971. This is the third year we’ve attended. You do the math. If you think you’re not getting older, this is a good reminder.

But it’s an enjoyable time to reconnect and catch up with those in your graduating class, as well as previous and subsequent classes now scattered around the country. Continue reading →

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May 17, 2021 · 7:59 am

Word of the Week: Conscience

It all began in 1811, during the Administration of James Madison when an anonymous donor who said he had defrauded the government and sent the Treasury Department $5.00.

Today, it’s known as Conscience Fund, a place where people with gnawing guilt can make restitution to the United States government for their sins.

In the past 210 years, the Treasury Department has received almost $7 million. Some send letters of explanation. Others don’t

“Please accept this money for two postal stamps I re-used,” wrote one person. Continue reading →

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May 16, 2021 · 5:16 am

Sunday Seed Thoughts: Profession Producing Practice

“The question is not whether we say nice, polite, orthodox, enthusiastic things to or about Jesus; nor whether we hear his words, listening, studying, pondering and memorizing until our minds are stuffed with his teaching: but whether we do what we say and do what we know, in other words, whether the Lordship of Jesus which we profess is one of our life’s major realities.” Continue reading →

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May 15, 2021 · 5:15 am

Weekly Recap: May 9-14

Good morning from Temple Terrace, Florida

Yes, we’re still in TT after a wonderful week attending the Florida College Lectures.

We’re staying to celebrate our granddaughter, Fern’s, birthday, who will turn 4 next week.  Continue reading →

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May 14, 2021 · 5:14 am

Friday’s List To Live By #39

Yesterday, at the Florida College Lectures, Norm Webb, Jr. who’s a gospel preacher as well as a financial advisor with Edward Jones presented an excellent lesson entitled “Rich Toward God: Using Wealth Faithfully for the King.”

His lesson combined the parables of the rich fool and the unrighteous steward. Today’s list, with only some slight modifications, comes from his lecture manuscript where he offered some practical suggestions for money management. Continue reading →

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May 13, 2021 · 7:06 am

Who Is My Neighbor?

“Few parables challenge us more than this simple story, commonly known as the Parable of the Good Samaritan,” opined Dennis Allan in yesterday’s Florida College Lectures.

This parable basis was Jesus’ response to a Jewish religious leader who was testing Jesus and trying to trap him.

“What shall I do to inherit eternal life? he questioned Continue reading →

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