Ten Commandments of Human Relations
1. Thou Shalt Love People, Not Just Use Them (Matthew 22:39). The greatest thing in the world is a person. The greatest thing about a person is his motives, and the greatest motive is love. 2.…
January 17, 2025
Getting Older
Amos Alonzo Stagg was the founder of football. When Stagg reached 102 years of age, a reporter took his picture at a nursing home. As the reporter got ready to leave, he said, “I hope I can…
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Do I Really Matter?: Part 2
Norman Vincent Peale wrote, “Once walking through the twisted little streets of Kowloon in Hong Kong I came upon a tattoo studio. In the window were displayed samples of the tattoos available.…
December 27, 2024
Do I Really Matter?: Part 1
The two most asked personal philosophical questions are The question of reason – “Why am I here?” The question of value – “Do I really matter?” Let’s focus on the question of value. Several…
December 27, 2024
A “TV Timeout”
In 2021, we passed the sixieth anniversary of former FCC Chairman Newton Minow’s famous speech which classified television as a vast wasteland. He was definitely ahead of his time.…
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An 8-Cow Wife
On an isolated Pacific island, it was the custom for a young man to announce his intention of marriage to the entire village. After the announcement, he and the whole community went to the…
October 25, 2024
Six Reasons I Don’t Play the Lottery
Just because the government may sanction something, that does not make it right. I do not play the Lottery because: 1. It is addictive. The evidence is overwhelming— 5 million gambling…
October 18, 2024
The Devil’s Bible
Foolishness 19:7: “I’ll try anything once.” Popular 6:9: “Go ahead, everyone else is doing it.” Cowardly 1:10: “The best thing to do when Christ and His church are criticized is to keep…
October 4, 2024
Jesus, the Academic Marvel…
In chemistry, He turned water to wine (John 2:1-10). In biology, He was born without the normal conception (Matthew 1:18-25). In physics, He overcame the law of gravity by walking on water and…
September 20, 2024
Kill the Spider
I heard about a pious hypocrite in a church who loved to pray long public prayers, each of which he closed with, “And, Lord, take the cobwebs out of my life!” One of the godly elders of the…
September 13, 2024
The Rich Young Ruler
Dear Lord, I have been re-reading the record of the Rich Young Ruler and his obviously wrong choice. But, it has set me to thinking. No matter how much wealth he may have had, he could not,…
August 23, 2024
Cleaning Up Bad Language
John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird’s mouth was rude, obnoxious, and often laced with…
August 9, 2024
Some Headlines We’d Like to See This Year
Crime Wave Plummets as Nation Turns to God Millions turn to Jesus; Huge crowds on Sundays Elected Officials Turn Salaries Over to Poor ‘They need it more than we do,’ says wealthy…
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