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April 17 – Good Decisions
Acts 6; Deuteronomy 28; Job 17 Henry Ford had a problem. His Model-T car was too successful. He had introduced the assembly line in 1913...
Apr 17, 20193 min read


April 16 – All Because of the Resurrection
Acts 5:17-42; Deuteronomy 25-27; Job 16 Jesus changed the world. Most people describe the year based on the number of years since His...
Apr 15, 20193 min read


April 15 – Integrity in Persecution
Acts 5:1-16; Deuteronomy 23-24; Job 15 Throughout history, the church has dealt with persecution. It’s interesting that the persecution,...
Apr 14, 20193 min read


April 14 – Acting on Fear or in Faith?
Acts 4:23-37; Deuteronomy 21-22; Job 14 In 1988, Barry Gibbs heard the declaration that he was guilty of murder and would be sentenced to...
Apr 14, 20193 min read


April 13 – Responding to the Powers That Be
Acts 4:1-22; Deuteronomy 19-20; Job 13 The phrase “speaking truth to power” has almost become a cliché these days. Sometimes you hear...
Apr 13, 20194 min read


April 12 – Faith Healing and Healing Faith
Acts 3; Deuteronomy 17-18; Job 12 “Faith healing” has a bad reputation. When we think of faith healing today, perhaps our thoughts go to...
Apr 12, 20193 min read


April 11 – The Bottom Line
Acts 2:14-47; Deuteronomy 15-16; Job 11 John Elkington proposed the idea known as “The Triple Bottom Line” in 1994 as a way to get...
Apr 11, 20193 min read


April 10 – Heart Language
Acts 2:1-13; Deuteronomy 13-14; Job 10 Charles Emerson Winchester (the third) was a character on the TV show M*A*S*H that was known for...
Apr 10, 20193 min read


April 9 – Expectations and Reality
Acts 1; Deuteronomy 11-12; Job 9 When I began teaching, I had some unrealistic expectations. I expected kids to sit quietly and learn,...
Apr 9, 20193 min read


April 8 – Changing the World
Matthew 28; Deuteronomy 9-10; Job 8 Earlier this week, Americans observed the 100th anniversary of the beginning of our involvement in...
Apr 8, 20193 min read


April 7 – Keep On Loving
Matthew 27:32-66; Deuteronomy 7-8; Job 7 People don’t change their minds easily. Research shows that it is much easier to use information...
Apr 7, 20193 min read


April 6 – Shifting Blame
Matthew 27:1-31; Deuteronomy 5-6; Job 6 No matter who wins an election, it won’t take long for people who voted for the losing candidate...
Apr 6, 20193 min read


April 5 – Silence is Golden
Matthew 26:47-75; Deuteronomy 3-4; Job 5 As a teacher, I had to deal with kids who did dumb things. If I had an idea which kid threw a...
Apr 5, 20193 min read


April 4 – Two Cups
Matthew 26:26-46; Deuteronomy 1-2; Job 4 We love to shorten long phrases into acronyms. Sometimes, acronyms may have more than one...
Apr 4, 20193 min read


April 3 – Extravagant!
Matthew 26:1-25; Numbers 35-36; Job 3 Last Christmas I had a major dilemma. As I looked at the Nieman-Marcus Christmas Catalog, I...
Apr 2, 20193 min read


April 2 – Ministry is People
Matthew 25: 31-46; Numbers 32-34; Job 2 Boston has a great program that finds a way to bring health care to the people on the street....
Apr 2, 20193 min read


April 1 – Don’t Be Foolish
Matthew 25:1-30; Numbers 30-31; Job 1 It was Thanksgiving Day and Raymond Banuelos of Phoenix, Arizona decided that the best way to...
Apr 1, 20193 min read


March 31 – How to Prepare for the Return of Jesus
Matthew 24:32-51; Numbers 28-29; Song of Solomon 8:5-14 There is a story told of a sailor that had been put on restriction and confined...
Mar 30, 20193 min read


March 30 – Follow the Leader
Matthew 24:1-31; Numbers 25-27; Song of Solomon 6:4-8:4 I’ve told my principal that she needs to let me know if she’s being transferred...
Mar 30, 20192 min read


March 29 – An Inside Look
Matthew 23:13-39; Numbers 23:27-24:25; Song of Solomon 5:2-6:3 A number of years ago, after we moved into our house, we had a problem...
Mar 29, 20193 min read
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