Acts 6:2 says, “Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.” I called a large church to see if the pastor could make a call on a family from our church who had moved into […]

Psalm 51:12 says, “Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.” The song “Create in Me a Clean Heart,” by Keith Green, is based on Psalm 51. This psalm was written by King David after he faced up to his sin with Bathsheba. He calls upon the mercy

Psalm 91:4 states, “He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.” At first glance this text brings to mind a bird that offers protection to its young. I recall a childhood story Donna used to read to our little girls about

Matthew 4:12 says, “Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;” Pentecost marked the end of the spring grain harvest. Power is an important part of harvest. In Acts 1:8 Jesus said, “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye

Matthew 25:6 says, “And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.” This is no time to be without oil in your lamp. My dad told of a time when he was a boy, sleeping upstairs, that an old bachelor neighbor would knock on the door

Matthew 4:1-3 states, “Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.  And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered.  And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones

John 6:5-6 says, “When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.” Years ago I took my family on a camping

I Corinthians 2:10 states, “But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.” During my teenage years, our family lived on a hillside on Bigelow Gulch Road, Spokane, Washington. Full of ambition, I decided to hand-dig a well behind the house. I

Isaiah  28:16  says, “Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.”  While studying in Israel, our class came upon a hillside that had long horizontal terraces across it’s face. The

John 6:35 states, “And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.” As a boy I looked forward to Thursday afternoons when mom would stop by a bread factory and get a large box of day-old