Image. Three children of a Depression-era migrant worker in Michigan, 1940. Americans were not always so clean and shiny, our teeth the envy of the world. One Brit traveling in the Midwest in 1819 described Americans as “filthy, bordering on the beastly.”[1] He could not get used to “dirty hands, heads, and faces everywhere.” SettlersContinue reading “Cleanliness is Next to Godliness … Sometimes. Ezekiel 24:6,12-13.”
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“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.””
Jewels in My Mouth. Hosea 8:12.
When I was learning to read, I would read everything: my parents’ novels (a sentence or two was about all I could take), newspaper articles and cereal boxes at breakfast, shampoo bottles while showering, dictionaries and encyclopedias, you name it. I quickly realized there were some things I did not want to read, books asContinue reading “Jewels in My Mouth. Hosea 8:12.”
Seek Wise Counsel.
You never know how God may speak. We must pray—and we must listen. God speaks through His word, prayer, circumstances, other people, and He may even speak through your enemies. Do you realize that? Judah’s King Amaziah was a pretty good king, generally following the Lord more closely than the kings of Israel such asContinue reading “Seek Wise Counsel.”
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