Mephibosheth (2Sa 4), fell and broke his legs. He had no doctor to set them, and he was a cripple for the rest of his life. When a person breaks a leg, the doctor forces the bone back into its right location and places a cast on the leg to keep the bone in place, […]
I went gold prospecting once. I am no expert, but I do know that to be successful in finding gold, you must have the right location, the right equipment, and plenty of perseverance. Why do people go gold prospecting? While there may be many reasons, one of the main reasons is that gold is valuable. […]
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In Genesis 41, Pharaoh, King of Egypt, dreamed. The butler remembered and recommended Joseph. Joseph was called from prison to interpret. Pharaoh promoted Joseph to PM. Joseph preserved life, forgot his troubles and was fruitful. However, if we were to remove God from Genesis 41, the account would be nothing more than an impossible fairy […]
When our boys were young, it was sometimes difficult to determine who was guilty in one of their boyhood disputes. Though I tried to be fair, there may have been times when I blamed the wrong boy. Keep this in mind as we read the “one man” references in Romans 5:12-21. Transition Why did God […]
30/12/2021 Wednesday BIBLE BASICS Review of God Being a Trinity The word “Trinity” is not found in the Bible, but it is used to describe the fact that God is three Persons in just one Being. Jehovah is the true, living, and everlasting God who made the earth and heavens (Gen 1:1). Jesus created all […]
Born in 1909, Glenn Cunningham, when he was just 8 years old, was severely burned in a school fire in which his older brother perished. His legs were so badly burned that doctors recommended amputation. His mother refused to let that happen. The doctors said he would never walk again. Glenn, claiming his life’s verse, […]
Johann Sebastian Bach said, “All music should have no other end and aim than the glory of God and the soul’s refreshment; where this is not remembered there is no real music but only a devilish hub-bub.” King David wrote in Psalms 13:6, “I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with […]
Joseph of Nazareth was a carpenter, the son of a carpenter. Nazareth was a small hillside village in northern Israel, west of the Sea of Galilee. Though he was poor, the carpenter Joseph probably crafted doors, windows, cabinets, furniture and gates for homesteads and yokes for the farm animals. God chose a special young woman […]
Hope is the opposite of despair. Despair is the sense that all hope is gone. “There are millions of African women who face despair over their plight at the hands of Islamic invaders who rape them, kill them, or take them as sex slaves. There are many that live in poverty and ghetto like conditions […]