Daniel 4:37 says, “Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgement; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.” When I was a boy of about nine, our family moved from California to Cheney, Washington. We lived in a […]
Acts 2:1 states, “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.” Years back there was a Catholic school for girls. There was very strict training—getting up early was part of it. When the old red rooster crowed at sunrise the sister in charge would make
Luke 23:42 says, “And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.” As a young teenager I would hear my dad sing, “The Last Mile of the Way,” by Johnson Oatman, Jr. (1908). I didn’t realize at the time that my little brother was on his last mile of the
Psalm 97:4 states, “His lightnings enlightened the world; the earth saw, and trembled.” Upon almost being hit by lightning, Martin Luther vowed to become a monk. A couple of weeks after the incident he joined a monastery and kept his vow. I know somewhat how he felt. I was upstairs in our vacant farmhouse when
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II Corinthians 5:17 states, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” My Old Pop used to say, “The worst of ridin’ beats the best of walkin’.” Before I was old enough for a car I wanted one in the
Jeremiah 7:4 says, “Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.” Back around 1970 in Northeastern Oregon, there was a man offering fire insurance to his community. He had his own fire truck. When there was a house fire
Isaiah 49:4 says, “Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.” Though Jesus was a carpenter, we have no record of a house He built. He did say that He was
John 6:68 says, “Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life.” The hymn, “Wonderful Words of Life,” by Philip P. Bliss, written in 1874, was probably inspired by the words of Peter in our text, “Thou hast the words of eternal life.” Philip and his
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Proverbs 15:11 states, “Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?” As a teenager, I heard an illustration in a sermon that I still remember. A carload of boys pulled into a filling station to get some gas. They were in a hilarious mood—maybe had
Proverbs 4:25 instructs, “Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.” On a bright sunny day, I was riding along in a surrey with Gerald Zellmer, a good Christian friend and a good horse handler, when he handed the reins over to me. I did not know what to
