Jonah 4:11

And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?”  NIMBY. Not in my backyard. This is a phrase used for a good thing that everyone knows we need like a sewage treatment plant or a nuclear power plant,…

Acts 12:17

But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Tell these things to James and to the brothers.” Then he departed and went to another place.  “Wait until you hear this!” When you hear that, you had better hear something amazing, especially…

Acts 12:22-24

And the people were shouting, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!” 23 Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.  24 But the word of God increased and multiplied.  We always lament when someone is cut down…

Colossians 3:23-24

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. “To thine own self be true.” These words of advice from Polonius to Laertes in Hamlet are the rallying cry of the human race today. What’s in…

Ephesians 5:1-2

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.  One of my lesser known talents, for good reason, is my ability to talk like Donald Duck. Other than stopping babies from crying and entertaining children, I have had an…

Psalm 119:73-74

      Your hands have made and fashioned me;        give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.              74       Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice,        because I have hoped in your word.  “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you…”, you may be a Christian in…