Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is? If you are old like me, you are probably humming a tune by the band Chicago right now. Seeing how this blog is titled On Scripture, this post is not a review of the 70’s band. It is about being ready for the second coming. We are... Continue Reading →
It’s Critically Critical to not be Critical
The idea for this post came to me while I was reading the reviews for a book on grammar. Ideas can come from the most unexpected places. The comment in question was, and I quote: "I wanted to understand grammar, not the author's philosophy of life. Waste of money!" Ouch. Since I found this comment... Continue Reading →
Getting What You Give
In my recent post What's Communication Got to Do With It? I introduced the Hebrew idiom Good Eye/Evil Eye - meaning if you are generous you have a good eye or if you are stingy you have an evil or bad eye. The idiom has nothing to do with eyesight or eye health. In this... Continue Reading →
The Sun is Always Shining
It was a dark and stormy night... I always wanted to start a post like that. Actually it was a dark and stormy day in my story. Many years ago, decades actually, I went on vacation to see my sister - the one I share this blog with. The day of my flight was dark... Continue Reading →
Something to Talk About
What's on your mind? What do you think about and talk about with your children, family, and friends? Are your thoughts and words revolving around the word of God or around other things? The Israelites (and by grafted-in extension all believers) were instructed to keep God’s word on their hearts and to teach it to... Continue Reading →
What’s Communication Got To Do With It?
One of my favorites quotes is from George Bernard Shaw. When I was working, I had it pinned up in my cubicle. "The problem in communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished."George Bernard Shaw Working in a global company it is even more evident. We may be using the same words, but the... Continue Reading →
VOW: Peace Out
Verse of the week: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.Isaiah 26:3 KJV “God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.” ~ C. S. Lewis "No God, No Peace, Know God,... Continue Reading →
VOW: Pray First, Worry Not
Verse of the Week: Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 CSB “Pray, and let God worry.”~ MARTIN LUTHER We sometimes find it difficult... Continue Reading →
VOW: Praise the Lord
Verse of the Week From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised!Psalm 113:3 ESV "The early morning hour should be dedicated to praise: do not the birds set us the example?" ~ Charles Spurgeon The Psalmist also says in the Psalm 34 I will bless the Lord at all times;... Continue Reading →
VOW: Walk in Faith
Verse of the Week: For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live... Continue Reading →
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