Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. Those words are repeated in Proverbs for a reason. When a man thinks he...
. . .And now a word about global doom and disaster. My Dad has said on more than one occasion that throughout his life someone has tried to keep him and everyone else scared. He said that as long as he could remember there has been some eminent catastrophe circulated by experts and friends of ...
Matthew 10:28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. John Wycliffe was born around 1324 and died December 31, 1384. He was a religious reformer living in England and is considered one of the...
It is called the Sea of Trees. It is a tall and gnarled wood with dense undergrowth where one could easily get lost. The thick canopy keeps everything underneath in almost perpetual twilight. The forest floor is uneven with rocks and twisted roots. The silence inside can be unnerving. While there is little in the...Continue reading
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
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 are two things that are certain. The first is that God’s word will never be destroyed or found to be false. Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.” The second is that error will be found out. 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 For the weapons of our...Continue reading
In 1996 the renowned auction house Sotheby’s sold a poem by Emily Dickinson. Forty years had passed since the last Dickinson poem had surfaced. This is the unique event that collectors and museums look for. Like all of her poetry it was handwritten in pencil on a slip of paper. It was also signed –...Continue reading