DON’T CHANGE YOUR MIND!

“The Lord said to Moses, ‘Go to Pharaoh and say to him, “This is the message from the Lord: Let my people go so that they may worship me. If you refuse to let them go, I will send thousands of frogs to bring trouble to your whole country. The Nile River will be full of frogs. The frogs will go into your house. They will jump into your bed. They will go into the houses of your servants....

THE NIGHT THAT CHANGED MY MIND!

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6 KJV) I could have titled this meditation, “I Once Was Blind, But Now I See,” but I opted to title it based in the eye-opening night that changed my mind. Not that many years ago I taught a 400-level course, “Ethics” as it applied to leadership. Four hundred level courses are...

CAN GOD’S MIND BE CHANGED? (PART 2)

“Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.”  The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the Lord. Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous...

CAN GOD’S MIND BE CHANGED? (PART I)

“At that time, Hezekiah got sick. He was about to die. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and said, “God says, ‘Prepare your affairs and your family. This is it: You’re going to die. You’re not going to get well.’” Hezekiah turned away from Isaiah and, facing the wall, prayed to God: “God, please, I beg you: Remember how I’ve lived my life. I’ve lived faithfully in...