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AIN’T NO STOPPING YOU NOW!

ByDr. Mark July 13, 2026 2 Comments

This is your Monday Short meditation. To be sure that for once I really keep this short, let me share a quote form Rick Renner, taken from his book, Sparkling Gems From The Greek Volume I. He says, “Absolutely nothing can keep you from doing what God has put in your heart – not your education, status in society, political affiliation, or physical appearance. None of these factors will have...

TELESCOPIC OR MICROSCOPIC?

ByDr. Mark June 6, 2026 2 Comments

In one of our four Bible Study classes this week we covered Nehemiah 11; a chapter which deals with the repopulating of Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah. At the appropriate time, participants were asked whether Nehemiah had a telescopic or microscopic view of his work. In other words, they were being asked if Nehemiah was just interested and/or focused in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalen...

SMALL MEANS NOTHING AT ALL IF YOU ARE ALL-IN

ByDr. Mark May 27, 2026 0 Comments

“Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him, rose early and camped beside the spring of Harod; and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh in the valley. The Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give Midian into their hands, for Israel would become boastful, saying, ‘My own power has...

NO SHOWBOATING!

ByDr. Mark March 31, 2026 2 Comments

In my high school days, when you played on a basketball team, passing behind your back or dribbling through your legs, or dribbling behind the back were considered showboating. All that has changed in the present times. It is not called showboating, but it referred to as skill. Things have changed. That’s basketball. But when it comes to your Christian lifestyle, these words still apply, “No...

WHY I’M SO SURE YOU CAN MAKE IT

ByDr. Mark February 28, 2026 0 Comments

“Just as the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, both now and forever.” (Psalm 125:2 NLT) One of my favorite songs is “You Can Make It.” The lyrics include these words: “You can make it. You can make it. These trials that you’re going through, God’s going to show you what to do.” That’s good to know, right? But listen to some other lyrics...

THE SHIP

ByDr. Mark February 12, 2026 2 Comments

“About midnight on the fourteenth night of the storm, as we were being driven to and fro on the Adriatic Sea, the sailors suspected land was near. They sounded and found 120 feet of water below them. A little later they sounded again and found only 90 feet. At this rate they knew they would soon be driven ashore; and fearing rocks along the coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern...

WHAT’S YOUR BEST?

ByDr. Mark February 5, 2026 0 Comments

The question in the above title has nothing to do with your best food, your best show, or your bestie, or you best time ever. But make no mistake, it does have something to do with YOU. Since you made it through the first sentence, and I appreciate you for doing so, let me explain and expand, so that you will be able to respond in an exact and expected way. First, know that I’m not asking YOU...

MAKING BIG THINGS OUR OF SMALL THINGS

ByDr. Mark January 27, 2026 2 Comments

Let’s look at three perspectives related to “making big things out of small things.” Quickly, we will look at it from the view of a second grader, the view of a slacker, and then the view of the Savior. A second grader had completed a Q&A administered by his teacher. One of the questions was, “When you stub your toe, is that a big thing or a small thing?” While the faces of many...

THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED FOR YOU!

ByDr. Mark December 27, 2025 0 Comments

Books That Slay, published a summary of a book in 2023 that you may have read in your academic pursuits, as an assigned reading for leaders who face major challenges, or perhaps you were just looking for some good reading material to steer you away from the habit of watching television. The book is titled, “The Road Less Traveled,” and it was written in 1978 by M. Scott Peck. The summary...

DON’T LET ANYBODY CHANGE YOUR NAME!

ByDr. Mark October 25, 2025 0 Comments

“In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord handed Jehoiakim king of Judah over to him, along with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into the treasury of his god. Then the king told Ashpenaz,...