Author: Dr. Mark

THE MAKI T-SHIRT

ByDr. Mark May 3, 2025 0 Comments
“A little leaven leavens the whole batch .” (Galatians 5:9 The Amplified Bible) Vivian Baker, in an article she contributed to a Christianity.com publication, explained the verse above in these words. “The Apostle Paul was telling the Galatians that just as a little bit of yeast or leaven can work its way into the whole batch or the whole lump, a little bit of hypocrisy or false...

THEY

ByDr. Mark May 2, 2025 0 Comments
“And whenever evening came, they would leave the city. As they were passing by in the morning.” (Mark 11:19-20 NASB) To get started, let me defend my one-word title. If an old black and white fictional movie about giant ants invading the earth could be released decades ago, designed to entertain us; if it could be simply titled “Them,” well, I surely can present you with a new...

IT IS NOT SO WITH GOD

ByDr. Mark May 1, 2025 0 Comments
According to sources, Abraham Lincoln is credited with a well-known saying regarding deception. In 1858 during a political debate, Mr. Lincoln said, “You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” The saying is well said, but the truth in what Lincoln said about deception cannot be applied to the Almighty...

WHEN YOU NEED HELP TO DO WHAT THE LORD TOLD YOU TO DO?

ByDr. Mark April 30, 2025 2 Comments
“Bring two of every different kind of bird, two of every different animal and two of every different living thing that moves along the ground. All these will come to you. You will take care of them so that they will stay alive.” There are some things that the Lord has told us to do, and we think that what He has commanded is just too hard to do. Love all my neighbors? That’s a hard thing,...

GOD’S MODEL FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING

ByDr. Mark April 29, 2025 0 Comments
“Go up to the top of Pisgah and raise your eyes toward the west and north and south and east, and see it with your eyes, for you shall not cross this Jordan.  But command Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, for he shall go across and lead this people, and he will give them the land which you see as an inheritance.” (Deuteronomy 3:27-28 The Amplified Bible) Succession planning is not...

THREE STORIES

ByDr. Mark April 28, 2025 0 Comments
“Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon—his other name) and his army got an early start and went as far as the spring of Harod. The armies of Midian were camped north of them, down in the valley beside the hill of Moreh. The Lord then said to Gideon, ‘There are too many of you! I can’t let all of you fight the Midianites, for then the people of Israel will boast to me that they saved themselves by...

WHEN THE PRAISES GO UP…

ByDr. Mark April 27, 2025 0 Comments
“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless his name.” (Psalm 100:4 KJV) Since my childhood years I have heard the saying, “When the praise go up, the blessings come down.” Look, you might even hear someone make that declaration today when you are in worship services. You are going, right? Let’s be real! Many people who will...

WHY IS THE WATER BROWN?

ByDr. Mark April 26, 2025 0 Comments
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” (Matthew 7:7 NIV) At a recent Tutoring Ministry session, after eating his snack during the time where the mentors allow the children to eat some snacks and have a refreshing drink,...

YOU ARE NOT TOO OLD!

ByDr. Mark April 25, 2025 0 Comments
“Young people, it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do. So, refuse to worry, and keep your body healthy. But remember that youth, with a whole life before you, is meaningless.” (Ecclesiastes 11:9-10 NLT) You may think you are too old for Sunday School or...

DISHWASHING DISCIPLESHIP

ByDr. Mark April 24, 2025 0 Comments
In the days of our youth, we were assigned daily chores. During that era, it was rare that anyone in our neighborhood had a dishwashing machine, and certainly there were no maids. The oldest children were “the maids” and they were made to do various household tasks, actually made by the father who made up the rotation schedule. To supplement the schedule, he made sure to make mention of...