BECOMING A BETTER PERSON DURING BAD TIMES.
Charles Dickens said of the godless and bloody, French Revolution: “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” The times we...
THE NAME GAME
Confucius said, “The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right name.” People have a problem with this today. They don’t like...
TRUTH AND PEOPLE, AND THE WAY IT IS
Someone wrote: “We live in unprecedented times when many in churches seem neither to have or want the Bible as their criterion and to be...
WHEN SCHOOLING INTERFERES WITH EDUCATION
Albert Einstein famously said, “I never let my schooling interfere with my education.” This view on education and what conflicts with it...
IN CASE OF A FALL, REMEMBER THIS
I recently watched a TV commercial for a panic button featuring an actor lying on the floor saying, “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.”...
WHY I DO IT
Someone asked: “Why do you post articles for the general public to read that address what is good and bad about preaching and the...
A WORD ABOUT PREACHING: ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?
Charles Haddon Spurgeon said, “He that can toy with his ministry and count it like a trade, or like any other profession, was never...
WHY STUDY HISTORY?
I watched Benjamin Netanyahu recently being interviewed. He said that as a very young man, already interested in politics and how he...
FEELING SPIRITUALLY DROWSY?
Jesus was on the Mount of Transfiguration, “And as He prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and...
PREACHING - A BLESSING OR BE A BLIGHT?
The apostle Paul, in his second letter to the Church in Corinth, expressed gratitude on behalf of himself and his fellow ministers, to...
PUNCHING BELOW OUR WEIGHT
Christian apologist and author, Dr. Guinness had this to say on the rights and duties of citizenship: “I meet Christians all the way...
THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK ON THE PLANET – READ ALL ABOUT IT.
Decades ago I offered a young pastor a box containing a number of excellent commentaries and books on the ministry. He politely declined,...
YES, I HAVE SOME BOOKS.
I was asked recently if I’ve written any books. The answer is yes. Some of these are available at my website thatwemayknow.com. I’m not a...
ARE YOU YOUR BROTHER’S KEEPER?
Cain asked, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” (Gen. 4:9). Cain had become the world’s first sociopath-turned-psychopath, having just...
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT YOU?
Proverbs 23:7 presents a great truth about every individual: "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he." How you think about you is...
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