‘IS TOO!” “IS NOT!”

ByDr. Mark February 12, 2024 0 Comments
Two pre-adolescent boys are debating whose dad has “the best” of a variety of things: jobs, cars, careers, watches and wardrobes. There was a who lot of “Is too!” and “Is not” verbal exchanges interwoven in the debate. The verbal bout eventually focused on which dad was the best when it came to giving gifts. After sparing over this subject for a while, one of the boys changed the...

BREAKING NEWS…REALLY!

ByDr. Mark February 11, 2024 0 Comments
“Christ arrives right on time to make this happen. He didn’t, and doesn’t, wait for us to get ready. He presented himself for this sacrificial death when we were far too weak and rebellious to do anything to get ourselves ready. And even if we hadn’t been so weak, we wouldn’t have known what to do anyway. We can understand someone dying for a person worth dying for, and we can...

WE ALL NEED A LITTLE MORE JESUS!

ByDr. Mark February 10, 2024 2 Comments
“And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was...

THE SURVEY SAYS…

ByDr. Mark February 9, 2024 0 Comments
“For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.” (Matthew 18:20 NASB) Three consecutive days last week I received postcards in the mail from new churches opening up near the proximity of the church that I pastor. Driving to the store and/or to our west side location. I noticed what seems like a plethora of new ministries opening in the places we refer...

CHOCOLATES, CARDS, CUDDLY BEARS, OR CHIC CLOTHES?

ByDr. Mark February 8, 2024 0 Comments
 “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” (I Corinthians 13:13 NIV) It’s Thursday, and actually six days before Valentine’s Day. If you are planning to give a special gift next week to that special someone in your life, let me tell you about a gift that has been referred to as “the greatest of these.” Am I referring to chocolates,...

YOU ARE LICENSED!

ByDr. Mark February 7, 2024 0 Comments
“And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.” (John 21:6 King James Version) In most cases, and I say that because there are some exceptions; in most cases people who work hard to get a license, professional or for recreational purposes, they do what they have...

DÉJÀ VU

ByDr. Mark February 6, 2024 0 Comments
“But the path of the just (righteous) is like the light of dawn, that shines brighter and brighter until the perfect day.]” (Proverbs 4:18 -11 The Amplified Bible) After watching an old movie entitled “Déjà Vu," I looked up the thought-provoking title to get the formal definition of the term. I found out that it was a word borrowed from the French term that means “already seen,”...

THE STRAIGHT TRUTH

ByDr. Mark February 5, 2024 0 Comments
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (2 Timothy 2:15 KJV) Good morning!  Here is your Monday Short meditation, hopefully. Each year at my elementary school, students were selected to cutout designs to go on the classroom windows by our art teacher. Although pupils could volunteer for this project, the...

“THE ONE”

ByDr. Mark February 4, 2024 0 Comments
“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After He had gone without food for forty days and forty nights, He became hungry. And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." But Jesus replied, “It is written and forever remains written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every...

“YOU CAN GET BACK ON YOUR PHONE CALL NOW!”

ByDr. Mark February 3, 2024 0 Comments
“Very early the next morning before daylight, Jesus got up and went to a place where he could be alone and pray.” (Mark 1:35 Contemporary English Version) Jesus, in the opening verse, not only shows us that we need to find a place where we can be alone, and once there we should pray. He also shows us by example that sometimes the best time to pray is early in the morning. Listen!  Why wait...