Building Character
A Package Deal
Because most people are enticed by the offer of a free gift, that strategy shows up often, starting with retailers trying to engage customers. Yet, God was likely the strategic originator by creating mankind with the ability to procreate. It could be said that babies are His free gifts to…
Read MoreI Did That
Success is revered in our culture. It is even more admirable when individuals have overcome great obstacles and disadvantages to achieve it. Dr. Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon, who ran in the 2016 primaries for US President, makes my short list. He faced multiple hardships associated with his parents’ divorce such…
Read MoreTo Tell the Truth
From 1956 – 1977 there was a popular TV gameshow entitled “To Tell the Truth” that featured a little known individual who had done an interesting or outstanding thing, along with two people posing as that person. A panel of Hollywood stars was tasked with determining which contestant was the…
Read MoreThe Call to Arms
The account of Exodus 13:17-18 describes Pharaoh finally conceding to let the Israelites leave Egypt and includes a couple interesting details. The first is that they did not travel by the shorter route toward the Red Sea, and the second is that they left armed for battle. God addressed the…
Read MoreOne Way or the Other
Most people know the story of Jonah being swallowed by a great fish. While many choose to look at it as an imaginative object lesson to teach obedience and the futility of running from God, in actuality, God has done stranger things than to allow a person to be swallowed…
Read MoreChristmas Wish List
When I was a child, the song, “All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth” was popular. While that was me one year in particular, I thought it was hilarious that two front teeth would be the entire list for Santa. My list always had a lot of…
Read MoreTime Out
Parental disciplinary tactics have changed somewhat through the years. Spanking or paddling was most popular when I was a child. Speaking to that is the comedic account of corporal punishment employed by one father that elicited fear and respect from all six of his children. That is contrasted sharply by…
Read MoreRanger Up!
In the American military, the Rangers are to the Army what the Seals are to the Navy, both of them elite, specially trained fighting forces. Most serious soldiers covet wearing the Ranger patch, but the fact is that two-thirds who undertake the training do not make it to the end. …
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