Author: Dr. Mark

A BASKETBALL ANALOGY

ByDr. Mark December 17, 2024 0 Comments
“Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away.” (Psalm 90: 10 NLT) Since yesterday’s meditation did not meet the criteria to be classified as a Monday Short, I will make it up today. In a Sunday School lesson, I used an analogy of life being like a basketball game, divided into four...

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!

ByDr. Mark December 16, 2024 0 Comments
“When Jesus had crossed over again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him; and He stayed by the seashore.” (Mark 5:21 NASB) Can we talk? Thank you! As late as Thursday I was contemplating announcing today, early Monday morning, that I would be discontinuing Mark Writes at the end of this month. My wife and children have given me insistent input, intended to...

THE BEST THINGS HAPPEN IN THE MORNING!

ByDr. Mark December 15, 2024 0 Comments
I won’t argue against the position that good things happen in the dark times of life, literally or figuratively. However, I will put forth the thought that the best things happen in the morning. The singing of the birds in the morning, the sun coming out of its overnight hiding in the morning, and the sureness of being blessed when we see a day we have never seen before happens in the morning....

THE BATS OUT OF HADES

ByDr. Mark December 14, 2024 0 Comments
Let me meddle and minister to all that must make their way to a made appointment or maybe their place of employment! I’ll start by restating the title in an acceptable, not profane way and end with a reminder that relates to making your presence known among the assembly of the saints tomorrow. The restating: Don’t be one of “The Bats Out Of Hades” as you drive on the streets and...

LET THE SAME THING BE SAID OF YOU!

ByDr. Mark December 13, 2024 0 Comments
“When Jesus had crossed over again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him; and He stayed by the seashore.” (Matthew 5:21 NASB In this week’s Bible Study classes at our church, we continued working through the Gospel according to Mark. We are in chapter 5 where we have been studying verse by verse. In the prior two weeks we looked at Jesus’ prerogatives, His...

THE CASE OF THE MORNING ATTIRE

ByDr. Mark December 12, 2024 0 Comments
“And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (I Corinthians 13:13 New King James Version) The title above sounds like it would be fitting for an episode in the old, but still televised, Perry Mason Series, “The Case of the Morning Attire.” Hopefully, as with the TV series, the title is intriguing and has you anticipating what this meditation is all...

YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE! (Part II)

ByDr. Mark December 11, 2024 0 Comments
“Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more so, if by about this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them. "And he was afraid and got up and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah; and...

YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE! (Part I)

ByDr. Mark December 10, 2024 0 Comments
“Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more so, if by about this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them. "And he was afraid and got up and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah; and...

IF YOU DO, SEND ME ONE TOO!

ByDr. Mark December 9, 2024 0 Comments
For this “Monday Short” mediation I want to present an idea for an evangelism focused tee-shirt. If you do decide to design and order one, send me one too, size large. But before looking at my idea, let me just say that we really, brothers and sisters, fellow Christians; we really need to be more obedient in carrying out the Great Commission and in fulfilling our role to be Jesus’...

LET THERE BE LIGHT

ByDr. Mark December 8, 2024 0 Comments
“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” (Psalm 119:105 New International Version) Version) A truly, tremendously faithful, tireless worker in the kingdom was driving at night recently, heading home after attending to, ministering to the needs of others. Her navigation over the roads seemed to be more challenging than ever as the byways were harder to see. The bumps,...