“BE CONSPICUOUS”

ByDr. Mark June 17, 2022 0 Comments
“And the Father leaves all judgment of sin to his Son, so that everyone will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father.  But if you refuse to honor God’s Son, whom he sent to you, then you are certainly not honoring the Father.” (John 5:22-23 The Living Bible) Not too many years after graduating from Indiana University, my father took a job as a District Manager with the major...

“THE DECORATOR’S FIND”

ByDr. Mark June 16, 2022 0 Comments
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23 NLT) I’m not a decorator by trade or training, and I am not a member of any touted decorator’s guild.  But I do have a passion for decorating.  And on top of that, I do possess some experience in decorating the entry ways and lobbies of two companies, decorating...

“KEEPING YOUT HEAD ABOVE WATER”

ByDr. Mark June 15, 2022 0 Comments
“As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.”  So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving the crowds behind (although other boats followed).  But soon a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water.  Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion.  The...

“DON’T GIVE UP!”

ByDr. Mark June 14, 2022 0 Comments
“So, I say to you, ask and keep on asking, and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking, and you will find; knock and keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.” (Luke 11:9 Amplified Bible) Yesterday morning I was driving to a social service agency that our church is partnering with to provide diapers to families that were in need of diapers for their babies and young...

“THE RIGHT ANGLE”

ByDr. Mark June 13, 2022 0 Comments
“One of the criminals hanging next to Jesus insulted him: “Aren’t you the Christ?  Save yourself and us!”  Responding, the other criminal spoke harshly to him, “Don’t you fear God, seeing that you’ve also been sentenced to die?  We are rightly condemned, for we are receiving the appropriate sentence for what we did.  But this man has done nothing wrong.”  Then he said,...

“GET YOUR T-SHIRT!”

ByDr. Mark June 12, 2022 0 Comments
“You must learn the difference between what is holy and what isn't holy and between the clean and the unclean.” (Leviticus 10:10 Contemporary English Version) The title for this Sunday morning’s meditation was essentially to entice you.  I have no T-shirts for sell.  I only have a short message to share, one that I asked participants in our church’s Bible Study classes to jot...

“YOUR CHANCE TO DO MORE THAN PRAY”

ByDr. Mark June 11, 2022 0 Comments
“There are “friends” who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.” (Proverbs 18:24 NLT) Countless times, week after week, and perhaps day after day, we assure somebody, tell them to their face that we will pray for them.  We repeat the words of the song that include the lyrics, “You can depend on me to pray for you.”  And we even go so far as to...

“THE NUMBER & THE CODE”

ByDr. Mark June 10, 2022 0 Comments
“Make sure you don’t forget God, your God, by not keeping his commandments, his rules, and regulations that I command you today.  Make sure that when you eat and are satisfied, build pleasant houses and settle in, see your herds and flocks flourish and more and more money come in, watch your standard of living going up and up—make sure you don’t become so full of yourself and your...

“WHY FIVE SMOOTH STONES?”

ByDr. Mark June 9, 2022 0 Comments
“Then he took his staff in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook and put them in the shepherd’s bag which he had, that is, in his shepherd’s pouch, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.” (I Samuel 17: 40 NASB) You will learn a lot from the following excerpt from an old “Daily Bread” publication about David choosing five smooth...

“NOT THIS TIME…BUDDY!”

ByDr. Mark June 8, 2022 0 Comments
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” (Psalm 119:105) One of the founding members of our church who has gone home to be with the Lord used to emphasize a stated point by using the word “buddy!”  For example, as a co-worker, when I told her about the church that I was being charged to plant on the westside of town, she said, “I’ll be there, and I will be...