We are a storytelling people. Or rather, we are a storytelling species. Every people group on earth tells stories. We tell them to children. We tell them to adults. The only time we stop telling stories is when someone is telling stories to us! Look at the popularity of movies and television. Before TV thereContinue reading “Stories We Tell Ourselves. Deuteronomy 26.”
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Trafficking … in Humans. Jeremiah 52:27.
“Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land,” Jeremiah 52:27. Once an interesting, fresh phrase, “Human Trafficking” has been talked about so much in the last twenty years it may be in danger of becoming a cliché. But don’t tune out. The Bible has a great deal to say about what weContinue reading “Trafficking … in Humans. Jeremiah 52:27.”
Leadership Problems. Micah 3:3.
My dad used to threaten my brother and me with a joke: “I’ll skin ya’ alive!” We barely knew what that meant. We just knew he was being silly, tickling us and teasing us. He would never have said such a thing in anger. If we were behaving badly, he would be serious and handleContinue reading “Leadership Problems. Micah 3:3.”
How Far Would You Go to Become King? History Indicates Some People Will Do Anything for Power. 2 Kings 11: 2-3.
Obi Wan Kenobi says of Mos Eisley Spaceport: “You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.” As in all space movies, what’s true in outer space is true on earth. It is true of America. Of my city and yours: We must be cautious. Jesus said itContinue reading “How Far Would You Go to Become King? History Indicates Some People Will Do Anything for Power. 2 Kings 11: 2-3.”
“Let’s kill all the lawyers.”
Who are our heroes? Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, and Nolan Ryan? Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk? Celebrity actors or “influencers”? Political and military leaders? Let’s ask the question another way. Who is most critical to the survival of our society? We do not depend on entertainers for survival. Rich businessmen are only slightlyContinue reading ““Let’s kill all the lawyers.””
Prayer Request.
I need wisdom. Don’t you? Don’t we all? Our leaders really need wisdom during this quarantine of 2020. All the decisions they are making are based on predictions about the virus and what the future holds. But there are so many factors that influence those predictions—accurate reporting, inaccurate reporting, good science, bad science, emotions andContinue reading “Prayer Request.”
Of Warriors and Wisdom.
King David surrounded himself with amazing men. There was THE THREE. Then there was THE THIRTY. “Jashobeam … wielded his spear against 300 and killed them … Abishai … raised his spear against 300 men and killed them … Benaiah went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion. He alsoContinue reading “Of Warriors and Wisdom.”
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