I’m looking at two fruit bowls on the table as I write this; one is full of apples, one is full of bananas. By comparing two objects we often recognize details in both that would otherwise be missed. Today there are two legal quantities and two gift quantities I wish […]
A scam – what is a scam? Have you been scammed? A scam is the tool of the con artist. He convinces a person to pay for something he can’t deliver. If we don’t know Christ for ourselves, as our Friend and Savior, He and His body, the church, are […]
With the advent of sin into the world, man had to find ways of dealing with limited resources. Time was limited. The ground no longer grew to its full strength. Lives were shortened and the animals no longer trusted us. The ultimate limitation we earned was death. People can live […]
Why is trash, trash? Trash is trash because it is not CONSIDERED to have any value or use. The empty can is generally tossed, yet some people take time and set up machinery to collect that can to put it back in service. It may be trash to me, but […]
(Mark 12:41-44) Do you remember the story of the time Jesus and His disciples visited the Tabernacle and stood watching the people giving gifts? There was this big trunk with a hole in the top. The people dropped their offerings through the hole and they made a satisfying thump in […]
