Jump Start # 3460
Jump Start # 3460 Philemon 9 “yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you– since I am such a person as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus.” In the political arena, as things start gearing up for the presidential election next year, there is a lot of talk and […]
Jump Start # 3459
Jump Start # 3459 1 Peter 3:8 “To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted and humble in spirit.” Recently I have heard of three or four different congregations having serious internal problems. Some left and formed a new congregation. Hurt feelings. Things said. Misunderstandings. Promises broken. Trust shattered. Hope dashed. And, […]
Jump Start # 3458
Jump Start # 3458 Acts 17:2-3 “And according to Paul’s custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and giving evidence that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, ‘This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.’” It […]
Jump Start # 3457
Jump Start # 3457 Proverbs 31:12 “She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.” I sat down with a young couple recently to talk to them about marriage. As I was looking at them, many thoughts were swirling in my mind. They are young and in love and hopeful. And, […]
Jump Start # 3456
Jump Start # 3456 Nehemiah 13:31 “and I arranged for the supply of wood at appointed times and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.” Thanksgiving is over but our thankfulness to God is not. It never is. The book of Nehemiah ends with a prayer, ‘Remember me, O my God, […]