Numbers 14:9 says, “Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.” I was privileged to be with my father-in-law during his last days on earth. I even […]

Luke 2:49 says, “And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?” One day waiting in my car, in an industrial area of Yakima, Washington, I saw a businessman walk up the cement steps to the office of a warehouse. He

Revelation 22:11 states, “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.” It is not how long you live, but how you live that counts.

Proverbs 3:9&10 says, “Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.” On top of a little hill east of Spokane, Washington, lies the Orchard Prairie Cemetery. Like many small cemeteries, it is

Daniel 3:1 says, “Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.” Now that’s a lot of gold! Louis L’Amour wrote a story of a man who discovered a vein of

Luke 24:49 states, “And, behold I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.” Mom had passed away, and Dad did not have much longer to live. I was given the responsibility to oversee their material possessions. Sitting

II Timothy 1:5 says, “When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.” I did not find “mother lode” in the dictionary. It is a mining term that refers to the source of

Psalm 85:10 says, “Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.” As teenage boys in our youth group, one of our favorite Bible verses was II Corinthians 13:12 (you look it up). Recently, my wife and I attended a beautiful wedding. The bride’s name was Gracie, the groom’s, Justice. These

Genesis 37:19 says, “And they said one to another. Behold, this dreamer cometh.” We all have dreams—sometimes nightmares, sometime pleasant, sometimes very vivid dreams, even reoccurring dreams. I knew of a girl who dreamed she was blowing her nose. She woke up in the morning and found that she had torn a couple of pages

I John 3:14 says, “We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.” How can we be sure we love our brother? Is there a fine line between loving and not loving? We know that 32 degrees Fahrenheit is the