Author: Dr. Mark

RECOGNIZING THE WAY UP

ByDr. Mark February 18, 2025 0 Comments
“When I shut up the heaven and there is no rain, or when I command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence on My people, if My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:11-14 Modern English Version) At a...

KEEP GOING FORWARD

ByDr. Mark February 17, 2025 0 Comments
“When Lot still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the city, for the Lord was merciful. When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, “Run for your lives! And don’t look back or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away!” “Oh no, my lord!” Lot...

A RETRO PROCESSIONAL SONG

ByDr. Mark February 16, 2025 0 Comments
In our Wednesday Bible Study night class I mentioned a song sang during my childhood days when the choirs routinely observed a processional at the beginning of the service. I can still see it, as if I were there at this very moment. Three different choirs proceeded to the choir stand. The Gospel Choir, donned in white robes, marched up on the far-left aisle of the sanctuary and took their place...

STOP WAITING FOR IT!

ByDr. Mark February 15, 2025 0 Comments
“The next day there was a wedding celebration in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration. The wine supply ran out during the festivities, so Jesus’ mother told him, “They have no more wine.” “Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.” But his mother told...

INSTEAD OF ROSES AND RHYMING CARDS…

ByDr. Mark February 14, 2025 0 Comments
Instead of buying roses in a great quantity or purchasing heart-decorated, rhyming, greeting cards, just give love today. Tell me that you didn’t just shake your head or start wondering how to do that after all these years. But if you are shaking your head or shocked by my statement, let me provide you with a brief refresher course on how to give love. Just read the passage below, knowing that...

THE WILE FACTOR

ByDr. Mark February 13, 2025 0 Comments
When going to a special event, we devote some serious thought to what we are going to wear. We want to add to our ensemble something we refer to as the “wow factor.” In designing, decorating, and deciding on pieces and the perfect places that items will be put, again we consider the “wow factor.” Why do people spend so much time at the beauty shop, the barber shop, and in shopping for a...

QUESTIONING THE “UNDISPUTED”

ByDr. Mark February 12, 2025 0 Comments
“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.” (Isaiah 40:8 New King James Version) I was trying to do a little, quick research to find the title of the book with the most chapters that has been written to date. The first thing that came up was “The Blah Story” by Nigel Tomm, published in 2007. The internet insert insisted that this book, a work that...

DADDY TALK

ByDr. Mark February 11, 2025 0 Comments
It’s Saturday afternoon and a young hospital executive is riding home from an event. Two friends are riding with her when her cellphone rings. The two friends know she is happily married, but they let worldly semantics and media situation become the prism by which they read the name on the caller ID. The name that appears is not her husband’s name. It just says, “Daddy.” So, the friends...

THE REVOLVING DOOR MIX-UP

ByDr. Mark February 10, 2025 0 Comments
“Hear, Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. And you shall repeat them diligently to your sons and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk on the road, when you lie down, and when you...

DON’T MISS THE MARCH! MARCH ON!

ByDr. Mark February 9, 2025 0 Comments
The admonition to accompany the above title is not from this author, not even from this present age. This admonishment comes from a composer who wrote the words below in 1865, S. Baring-Gould. He composed the song we know as “Onward Christian Soldiers.” It’s an old hymn, often forgotten in present times, but its content is a forever applicable, especially in these times where we need to be...