2019.07.16 – Live Long and Prosper

On “Searchdate” 2019.07.07, the Sunday morning message was sponsored by the letter “Shin.” This wonderful Hebrew letter is very special. It looks similar to our letter “W” and it brings the “sh” sound to words. It is also the first letter of two very special Hebrew words; “Shaddai” and “Shema.” Shaddai means “Almighty.” It is […]

Supplemental Log Entry 2019.07.12

The Flying Scotsman strikes again! So I have been pondering this one over and over. Sometimes I laugh and sometimes I want to cry because it is prophetic; in the sense that it speaks truth into our present. I welcome your thoughts; but first some quotes: “People who wish to be offended will always find […]

Something to Think About #7

But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Matthew 4:4 esv Today’s verse takes us to the wilderness with Jesus and Satan. Jesus has not eaten for forty days, and Satan taunts him to command the stones to become […]

2019.07.09 – Too Much of a Good Thing…

…when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all […]

Something to Think About – #6

And you will say in that day: “Give thanks to the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted.” Isaiah 12:4 It is the seventh century B.C., and Isaiah is telling the people that God has promised a Messiah who will rescue the people from […]

2019.07.02 – Things are Not Always What They Seem

My wife and I love going to The Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ. It is the former New Jersey State Fairgrounds, and one man had a vision to convert it into a multi-acre art museum. (You can get free passes at the Sparta Library…You really should go!!!). The statue above is one of my […]

Something to think about #5

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 2 Peter 3:9 The word “patient” (or patience) is a word that shows up in several places in the English translations of the New Testament. […]