Recently I saw old film footage of Paris taken at the end of the nineteenth century. This would be some of the earliest motion pictures ever taken. It was still in the experimental stage. Someone placed a motion picture camera (new technology for the day) at various parts of Paris and recorded all the action...Continue reading
The kamikaze pilots of Japan during the second world war were placed into a plane filled with explosives. The mission was a one-way trip as a human guidance system for a flying bomb where both plane and pilot are destroyed. The job did not take much skill and the qualifications were not stellar. They were...Continue reading
We are all under time and traveling in one invariable direction toward the future. This is a trip consistent and precise. There is no speeding nor pausing nor turning backward. We are perpetually on a pace of sixty seconds a minute, sixty minutes an hour, twenty-four hours a day which make up weeks, months, years...Continue reading
The problem with a slippery slope is you cannot see the bottom. How far does this go? How do we stop? Immorality puts us there. It happens with moral compromise. Something is permitted when it should have been stopped and avoided. That first compromise is the first step onto the slippery slope. There is...Continue reading
There was a ship which sailed on the ocean with thousands of lives onboard. As they journeyed the ship began to sink. The captain informed the passengers there were lifeboats with room for everyone. There was time enough to get in a lifeboat, so no one had to die at sea. But among the passengers...Continue reading
God uses words. There must be words. If there are complex ideas to be conveyed between people, then words are needed. The writer, the reader, the speaker and the listener must know the words and how they are used to understand the message. In the English language are thousands of words. These are required for...Continue reading
I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary. Nevertheless...Continue reading
While recently walking through an old graveyard I noticed an inscription. On the base of a headstone were these words, “We Will Remember You Always.” I could not help but think those words were sincere. It was the heartfelt sentiment of wife, children, family and friends. Here was someone who played a significant part in...Continue reading
How do you explain chocolate to someone who has never tasted chocolate? It has such unique qualities that it is certainly not enough to say it is a food or a candy. One could describe chocolate by way of taste such as earthy, sweet and bitter, then by way of texture such as smooth and...Continue reading
In general terms a proverb is a brief saying that gives advice or expresses some belief. The book of Proverbs has discussions of wisdom and folly leading into a collection of the wise sayings of Solomon. The book is inspired and is far more than statements of personal opinion. These sayings are points of truth...Continue reading