February 28, 2011
The beloved disciple wrote, “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched, we make known unto you regarding the Word that…
February 27, 2011
Jesus leveled this charge against his legislators, “They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger” (Mt.23: 4). Paul stressed to the Galatians, “For you were…
February 26, 2011
I am a Greek woman and I lived in Tyre. It was a Syrian and Phoenician country. Alexander the Great had left some wounded behind and I was one of their offspring. I was also one of the misfortunate mothers…
February 25, 2011
I was a sinner. That was what every one called me. I was not permitted to use my name in public. I lived in a man’s world. Women, particularly my kind, were treated with disrespect and ridicule. We were not…
February 24, 2011
My comrades and I lived in isolation. We had no home and no country. We could not be seen in any town or village. To keep us out of town, people would leave food for us in designated places. They…
February 23, 2011
Debate is more acceptable than a big stick. The Bible does encourage us to reason. However, there has to be a reason for a debate (Isa.1: 18). At the age of nine, the Nazis indoctrinated me and showed me how…
February 19, 2011
We are class conscious. It is not based on character or education but on what we can afford financially. We have the rich, then those that earn below $250,000 and those that survive on handouts. Mathematically we have 5% wealthy,…
February 17, 2011
King Ahab of Israel coveted Naboth’s Vineyard. Naboth refused to trade or sell his family’s inheritance. The angry king went to bed sulking and refused to eat. Jezebel, Ahab’s Queen, learned about her husband’s tantrum and told him to get…
February 13, 2011
Betty was one hundred and two. It was a rare privilege to be present at her memorial service. She was a person that was gifted with a young mind. When our church had to separate tradition from innovation, she sided…
February 11, 2011
The Russian word for a collective farm is “Kolkhoz.” At first, the Bolsheviks disowned all the owners and coerced them into joining a collection of farms into one. Like the first Christians, they had all things in common (Ac.4: 32-37).…