Jump Start # 3290
Jump Start # 3290 Proverbs 26:13 “The sluggard says, ‘There is a lion in the road! A lion is in the open square!’” Oh, the sluggard. He works harder at doing nothing than doing something. We don’t use the term ‘sluggard,’ much in our conversations. For us, it’s lazy bones. In a series of four […]
Jump Start # 3289
Jump Start # 3289 James 1:26 “If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless.” Across from our church building is a small golf driving range. It’s a great summer oasis if I want to take a short break from […]
Jump Start # 3288
Jump Start # 3288 1 Samuel 11:2 “But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “I will make it with you on this condition, that I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you, thus I will make it a reproach on all Israel.” Our verse today is one that we hope that we’d never hear said to […]
Jump Start # 3287
Jump Start # 3287 Ecclesiastes 4:4 “Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity.” When one studies Ecclesiastes, there are certain words that keep popping up over and over. Vanity is one of those words. Striving after the […]
Jump Start # 3286
Jump Start # 3286 2 Corinthians 11:28 “Apart from such external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches.” Our verse today concludes a long list of the trials, troubles and tribulations that Paul endured. Against his nature, he was forced to defend himself against some who were taking […]