Jump Start # 1128
Jump Start # 1228 Titus 2:13 “Looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus” Paul, writing to Titus, reminds the preacher that the best is yet to come. There was something to look forward to. The best days are not behind us, but […]
Jump Start # 1227
Jump Start # 1227 Acts 12:24 “But the word of the Lord continued to grow and to be multiplied.” Growth—that’s an important part of life and it’s what all organizations want. We plant small trees with the hopes that they grow into big trees. Little boys grow to become men. Puppies grow and become […]
Jump Start # 1226
Jump Start # 1226 Joshua 5:12 “The manna ceased on the day after they had eaten some of the produce of the land, so that the sons of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate some fo the yield of the land of Canaan during that year.” Joshua records a huge change in […]
Jump Start # 1225
Jump Start # 1225 Hebrews 9:27 “And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment” My friend, Christy, asked me if I would write a Jump Start about “death with dignity,” especially with the news of Brittany Maynard’s assisted suicide. If you don’t remember the story of […]
Jump Start # 1224
Jump Start # 1224 Proverbs 26:21 “Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife.” The grilling season is nearing the end here in Indiana. Rumors of coming snow flurries has convinced most of us that fall is over and winter is about to hit us. […]