Larry Coleman

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 […]

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

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

I Kings 17:12 states, “And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we

Psalm 78:22-23 says, “Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation: Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,” I have traveled Interstate 84 from Pendleton to La Grande, Oregon many times. That involves going over Cabbage Hill, which was part of the Oregon Trail.

Psalm 32:8 says, “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.” While riding in the back of a ’55 Ford pickup, standing on a row of bales, holding onto the cattle racks, and wielding a 12-gauge shotgun, it was my job to