ACTS 10:38 “The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.” – Mother Teresa In the book of … [Read more…]
1 SAMUEL 2:27-36 “Now no chastening (discipline) for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.” (Hebrews 12:11) Discipline provides people with rules to live their lives competently and productively. When we are disciplined, we can make small sacrifices in the present … [Read more…]
EXODUS 14:1-14 Was Pharaoh part of Israel’s problem or solution? If we had been among the Israelites leaving Egypt after four hundred years of slavery, we would likely have seen Pharaoh as part of the problem – and he was. But God saw something more. God told Moses and the people of Israel to camp by the Red … [Read more…]
GENESIS 2:18-25 Cleave, a verb, has two very different meanings. It can describe cutting or splitting something apart with a sharp instrument, or it can describe sticking to something like glue. The second meaning forms the topic of our meditation today. God sketched His original plan for marriage in Genesis 2:24 when one man (Adam) and one … [Read more…]
2 CORINTHIANS 5:12-17 In February of 1960, four black men refused to leave Woolworth’s, one of the world’s largest retailers, after they were denied service. The four men were students from an all-black college and the place they sat was a “whites only” lunch counter. One of them, Franklin Eugene McCain (January 3, 1941 – January … [Read more…]
PSALM 55:1-6 Yves Rossy is a Swiss military-trained pilot and an aviation enthusiast. He is known as the inventor of a series of experimental individual jet packs, the latest using carbon-fiber wings for flight. Known as the “Fusion Man,” Rossy’s first flight took place near Geneva, Switzerland, in 2004, and he has since had numerous successful flights. … [Read more…]
GENESIS 20:1-13 If you are a fan of Shakespeare, you will notice that in each of his tragedies, his main character suffers some flaw. He gives each hero a fatal flaw – a normal human emotion or characteristic taken to its extreme, that directly leads to their downfall. It makes for a good story and teaches … [Read more…]
JEREMIAH 5:21-31 In golfing, “out of bounds” are those areas outside the golf course from which play is not allowed. Out of bounds are usually marked, often by the use of stakes or some barrier (a fence, for example). If a player’s ball goes out of bounds, a one-stroke penalty is imposed. Prophet Jeremiah warned the people … [Read more…]
MATTHEW 16:13-20 Public opinion are views prevalent among the public. They are collective opinion on specific topics. We live in an age influenced by all kinds of public opinion polls. Decisions are being driven by the crowd. Surveys can go a long way to decide what happens. Decision-making on a variety of levels are sharpened by views … [Read more…]
PHILIPPIANS 2:25-30 In the Roman Empire, pagans most times called on the name of a god or goddess as they gamble. A favourite deity for gamblers was Aphrodite, the Greek name for Venus, the goddess of love. For instance, as the dice is rolled, they would say “epaphroditus!” meaning, “by Aphrodite!” Also rolling two sixes was … [Read more…]
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