WHEN YOU COME OUT OF CAPTIVITY

“Now these are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had taken into exile to Babylon, and they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city." (Ezra 2:1) If you continue reading in the second chapter of Ezra, you will see how the author lists the number of those who came out of Babylon captivity and returned to...

“WHAT THEY SAID”

"So, when we preach about Christ dying to save them, the Jews are offended, and the Gentiles say it’s all nonsense. But God has opened the eyes of those called to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, to see that Christ is the mighty power of God to save them; Christ himself is the center of God’s wise plan for their salvation.” (I Corinthians 1:23-24 The Living Bible) Tuesday night, as...

A BASKETBALL ANALOGY

“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...

CLARIFICATION

“And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.’” (Matthew 38:18-20 NASB) The Lord does...

BREAKING NEWS…REALLY!

“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...

BREAKING NEWS! FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULES CANCELLED!

“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” (John 9:4 KJV) It’s the day after Thanksgiving and I am as full as you are!  I know what we will be eating for the next several days; turkey sandwiches, ham sandwiches, turkey hash, ham and eggs, turkey and ham casserole, ham and cheese quesadillas, mash potato pancakes, turkey soup,...