Author: Dr. Mark

PRINCIPLES ON HOW TO BE A PROPER HUMAN BEING

ByDr. Mark January 8, 2021 0 Comments
“And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable.  This is truly the way to worship him.” (Romans 12:1 NLT) Sitting on the nightstand next to her bed, a young lady has a brass, raised handprint, embossed on a small oblong plaque. It was made before...

ON THIS FIFTH DAY

ByDr. Mark January 7, 2021 0 Comments
“So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters swarmed, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind.  And God saw that it was good.  Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”  So the evening and the morning were the fifth...

MAKING IT THROUGH TIMES LIKE THIS

ByDr. Mark January 6, 2021 0 Comments
“And let endurance have its perfect result and do a thorough work, so that you may be perfect and completely developed , lacking in nothing.” (James 1:4 Amplified) The pressures of the pandemic that we are experiencing; the piled up stress, the personal issues we normally grapple with even in good times, the political turmoil that should not be present in a prominent country like ours, the...

CALL IT AN OP ED IF YOU WANT TO, BUT…

ByDr. Mark January 5, 2021 0 Comments
“For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.” (I Corinthians 1:22-23 NASB) Since today’s meditation is the opinion of the author, you can call it an “op-ed “if you want to, but I...

THE KETHINET PASSIM SYNDROME

ByDr. Mark January 4, 2021 0 Comments
Jacobloved Joseph more than any of his other children because Joseph had been born to him in his old age.  So one day Jacob had a special gift made for Joseph—a beautiful robe.  But his brothers hated Joseph because their father loved him more than the rest of them.  They couldn’t say a kind word to him.” (Genesis 37:3-5 NLT) Unless you speak Hebrew, I know you probably read the title...

THE NURSING HATS & THE HALLOWED STETHOSCOPE

ByDr. Mark January 3, 2021 0 Comments
“For I, the Lord, do not change.” (Malachi 3:6a NASB) In the mid 1980’s, just around the time nurses hats disappeared in medical facilities, a father and an uncle both brought what was thought to be a perfect gift for their daughter and niece who was graduating from nursing school.  The father added a purple, amethyst colored stethoscope to his graduation gift bag.  Both the...

NO NEED FOR “HOW TO” MEETING TRAINING

ByDr. Mark January 2, 2021 0 Comments
“When they arrived in Jerusalem, Barnabas and Paul were welcomed by the whole church, including the apostles and elders. They reported everything God had done through them.  But then some of the believers who belonged to the sect of the Pharisees stood up and insisted, “The Gentile converts must be circumcised and required to follow the law of Moses.”  So the apostles and elders met...

FOUR BROTHERS

ByDr. Mark January 1, 2021 0 Comments
“As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew.  They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.  “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”  At once they left their nets and followed him.  Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his...

SEQUEL: MAKE SURE NOT TO OVERLOOK THE BOY PART II

ByDr. Mark December 31, 2020 0 Comments
“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these for so many people?  Jesus said, “Have the people recline to eat.”  Now there was plenty of grass in the place.  So the men reclined, about five thousand in number.  Jesus then took the loaves, and after giving thanks…” (John 6:9-11a NASB) Readers digest the daily meditations and, hopefully, actually...

MAKE SURE NOT TO OVERLOOK THE BOY

ByDr. Mark December 30, 2020 0 Comments
“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these for so many people?  Jesus said, “Have the people recline to eat.” Now there was plenty of grass in the place.  So the men reclined, about five thousand in number.  Jesus then took the loaves, and after giving thanks He distributed them to those who were reclining; likewise also of the fish, as much as they...