Tag: Christian

“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...

“THERE IS A ‘WHERE’ IN ‘WHEREVER’”

ByDr. Mark June 6, 2022 0 Comments
“As they were going on the road, someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go.” (Luke 9:57 NASB) There is a “where” in “wherever.”  The “where” in “wherever” as it relates to being a follower of Christ may follow this pattern: Initially, progressively, and unconditionally.  If that describes you, great! The “where” in “wherever,” again as it...

JUST LIKE THE BALANCE BEAM GYMNAST

ByDr. Mark March 23, 2022 0 Comments
“Enter through the narrow gate.  For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.  But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” (Matthew 7:13-14 NIV) Searching for a good analogy to help develop consistency on the part of believers, I found an article published by the Gymnastics Zone in 2010 that...

THE SLIDE

ByDr. Mark November 2, 2021 0 Comments
“In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.” (I Peter 5:10 NLT) I wonder what entered your mind when you read the title above, “The Slide.”  Did you think about PowerPoint Slides, Water Park Slides, or the...

THIS IS WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR!

ByDr. Mark October 28, 2021 0 Comments
“You are the salt of the earth.  But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.  “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.  No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket.  Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the...

STAYING ON THE LINE

ByDr. Mark October 5, 2021 0 Comments
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” (2 Timothy 4:7 ESV) Every Sunday a little , pre-school age girl, comes to the pulpit where I am setting, waiting for church to start.  She comes with her grandmother who faithfully shows up early.  She matches my definition of on time, “If you are early, you are on time and if you are just on time,...

HISTORY LESSON #3

ByDr. Mark September 1, 2021 0 Comments
“Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi.  The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months.  But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.  His sister stood at a...

A SERIES OF SUCCESSIVE STARTING PLACES

ByDr. Mark August 20, 2021 0 Comments
“Moses recorded their starting places according to their journeys by the command of the Lord, and these are their journeys according to their starting place.” (Numbers 33:2 NASB) Our life cannot be described as just “Start to Finish.”  It is better described as a series of successive starting places.  As a matter of fact, every day, including today, can be viewed as a new...

THE FIFTH LEVEL OF TRAINING

ByDr. Mark August 12, 2021 0 Comments
“Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” (Matthew 4:19 NKJV) Donald Kilpatrick put together a model on the four levels of learning in 1959.  Many training departments of large corporations adopted his original model as well as subsequent, revised models.  The original model had four steps: (1) Reaction, (2) Learning, (3) Behavior, and (4)...

GET TO STEPPING

ByDr. Mark August 4, 2021 0 Comments
“See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:16-17 NKJV) “Get to stepping,” heard that said more than once in my lifetime and in different settings. In elementary school one of our “exercises” in Physical Education was walking two by two, as if we were military recruits.  It must have taken hours...