PRIDE AND ARROGANCE

ByDr. Mark October 13, 2025 0 Comments
“Then Daniel replied and said before the king, ‘Keep your gifts for yourself or give your rewards to someone else; however, I will read the inscription to the king and make the interpretation known to him. O king, the Most High God granted sovereignty, greatness, honor, and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father. Now because of the greatness which He granted him, all the peoples,...

THE ID

ByDr. Mark October 12, 2025 0 Comments
Have you ever been asked to show your ID other than the airport or the license branch, at a location where you did not think such a request was necessary? Well, I have! When I was working full-time for one of the local universities, I had gone in at night and worked until a little before midnight. When I left, I decided to take the interstate instead of driving through the streets, as I usually...

THE PURPOSEFUL PUSH!

ByDr. Mark October 11, 2025 4 Comments
Standing in the checkout line during one of my early morning trips to the grocery store, I had my back turned to the person behind me, an elderly woman, a senior citizen much like me. I’m not expecting an incident to occur. I definitely was not expecting someone to lay their hands on me. After all, we were at the store building and not the church building! Regardless of what I was not...

BUT WHAT ABOUT HEAVEN?

ByDr. Mark October 10, 2025 2 Comments
I don’t know the modern-day phrase or idiom that is applicable or appropriate to ask. I plead ignorance in regard to the latest slang expressions. So, let me ask you a question using the phrases of which I am familiar. How was the noise level as you rejoiced in your church last Sunday. Was it “off the hook,” or “off the chain,” or “off the charts?” Or was the church mouse making...

MOTIVE OR MOTIF?

ByDr. Mark October 9, 2025 2 Comments
Listen, my friends! When you are teaching, singing, preaching, praying, counseling, or even performing behind the scenes critical and necessary duties in the church, make sure your motive is right! Definitely use your gifts, abilities, and capabilities that the Lord blessed you with, but make sure your motive is to point others to heaven and not to yourself. Make sure you are not operating under...

QUINTESSENTIAL COMMUNICATION

ByDr. Mark October 8, 2025 2 Comments
“Pray along these lines: ‘Our Father in heaven, we honor your holy name.” (Matthew 6:9 Th Living Bible) The list of way in which human beings communicated with each other has advance from pre-historic days to the present days. Paintings on walls, smoke signal, petroglyphs, the advent of the written language, smoke signals, drumbeats, and the telegraph are evolutionary methods of...

“ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FOUR-YEAR-OLD?”

ByDr. Mark October 7, 2025 2 Comments
“Jesus drew near and said to them, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Go, then, to all peoples everywhere and make them my disciples: baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And I will be with you always, to the end of the age.”(Matthew 28:18-20 GNT) After reading the story that...

TALK JESUS!

ByDr. Mark October 6, 2025 1 Comment
“While Peter and John were speaking to the people, some Jewish leaders came up to them. There were some priests, the captain of the soldiers that guarded the Temple, and some Sadducees. They were upset because of what Peter and John were teaching the people. By telling people about Jesus, the apostles were teaching that people will rise from death. The Jewish leaders arrested Peter and John...

WHERE ‘R’ YOU GOING THIS MORNING?

ByDr. Mark October 5, 2025 2 Comments
I posted this a little after midnight, as soon as Saturday’s shift was over and it was Sunday’ turn to do a 24-hour shift. It’s Sunday and know that Sunday is not just another day, one of the seven days in the week. There is something very special about Sunday. It is the Lord’s Day. So, it is only proper that I pose the question to you, “Where ‘R’ you going this morning?” ‘R”...

DON’T YOU WANT TO GO TO THAT LAND?

ByDr. Mark October 4, 2025 4 Comments
One week ago, my wife and I had to fly back to Indianapolis from Baltimore, Maryland. We arrived at the BWI airport in plenty of time to check our luggage and head to the gate where we were to catch a plane to Charlotte, North Carolina and connect with a flight that would get us back home in Indianapolis, Indiana by 11:00 p.m. When we went to the designated gated, there was a posting, “Flight...