Tag: History

SHORTEST SERMON IN HISTORY!

ByDr. Mark July 25, 2026 0 Comments
“Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he cried out and said, ‘Forty more days, and Nineveh will be overthrown.’” (Jonah 3:4 NASB) The shortest sermon in history is found in the scripture above, eight words preached by Jonah, “Forty more days, and Nineveh will be overthrown.” Now, I cannot promise you that the specific message that God will send by His...

THE MESSED-UP MAGAZINE

ByDr. Mark April 9, 2025 0 Comments
Monday morning was messed up, for real! I didn’t sleep well thinking about the fact that the bottom level of our tri-level had been flooded by the amount of rainfall we received Wednesday through Saturday last week, raining a total that equaled about one and one-half the total our city typically receives for the whole month of April. Ironically, I had just taught a lesson from the biblical...

IT’S NOT LIKE BASEBALL!

ByDr. Mark January 16, 2025 0 Comments
Life for you, my fellow believer, well, know that what we can look forward to is not like baseball. While a baseball game is not over until there are twenty-seven outs, or in the case of a tie after nine innings, and extra innings are played until one team comes out on top and wins the game, that’s not the case for us. I’ll tell you more in a minute. But first some more facts. There is one...

SHARE YOUR HISTORY

ByDr. Mark May 29, 2024 0 Comments
“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32 KJV) There are different dates given for when Memorial Day was first observed. Some will point to it becoming a National Holiday in 1971. Others will reference May 5, 1968, when a group of Union veterans of the Civil War called the Grand Army of the Republic instituted Decoration Day. Over twenty-five states claim...

CARRY THE BONES WITH YOU!

ByDr. Mark March 2, 2024 0 Comments
“When the king sent the people out of Egypt, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was the shortest way. God said, “If they have to fight, they might change their minds and go back to Egypt.”So God led them through the desert toward the Red Sea. The Israelites were dressed for fighting when they left the land of Egypt. Moses carried the bones of...

“YES” OR “NO” POP QUIZ

ByDr. Mark February 1, 2023 0 Comments
Put your books away, clear your desk.  We are going to have a pop quiz today and you are going to be on the “hotseat” (Quote from your toughest teacher from years past!) Here we are, in the shortest month of the year, one in which many will not be short-changed on Black History, at least for the next 28 days.  Today, sticking with the “short” theme, let me give you a pop-quiz where the...

THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY

ByDr. Mark January 11, 2022 0 Comments
“O my people, listen to my instructions.   Open your ears to what I am saying, for I will speak to you in a parable.  I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestors handed down to us.  We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty...

HISTORY LESSON #1

ByDr. Mark August 30, 2021 0 Comments
Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.  And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.  Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, otherwise they will multiply, and in the event of war, they will also join those who hate us, and fight against us and depart from the land.” So they appointed taskmasters over them to...