Ecclesiastes 12:10

 ( The Equal time Rule originated in The Radio Act of 1927 ,later the Communication Act, stated U.S. radio and television broadcast stations must provide an equivalent opportunity to any opposing political candidates who request it. Though this not required of preacher’s blogs, I thought in fairness I might give equal time to the other side with this post!).   Why wouldn’t you want to go to hell?   Oh sure, there are a lot of thing people like Jesus saying bad things about hell but what the great traits? Do we ever consider them?   For example, Hell is quite the popular destination (Mathew 7:13-14).  Many of your friends and family will be there (Luke 13:23).  It not hard to get into Hell, you don’t have to do anything to get there. You don’t have to listen and do anything anybody tells you to do (Matthew 7:21).    On earth, you always have God looking over your shoulder (Jeremiah 23:23-24) but in Hell, you won’t have to...

There is nothing as easy as denouncing ... It don’t take much to see that something is wrong but it does take some eyesight to see what will put it right again.” —Will Rogers   It’s in every news report.  It’s all over Facebook. It’s the topic of the chat at the water cooler. It’s the all the buzz at the shop.  It’s whatever happens to be wrong at the moment.     Everyone has a take on what is wrong. Hindsight is very clear on what should be, but what we rarely do we get how to make things better.   If Christians really want to make a difference in this world it starts right there.   Instead on joining the masses in pointing out what is wrong, let’s tell them about what is better.   Christ is better. Forgiveness is better. Love is better. Considering others is better. Serving is better.   The world knows what is wrong but it needs to know what is right.    We know what is right and good.   Are we ...

  What the biggest man-made structure?   You might be thinking Great Pyramids, the Great Wall of China, or the proposed Mubarak al-Kabir Tower, in Kuwait. However, those are all wrong…. maybe.   It’s hard to answer that question. What do we mean by biggest? Tallest? Widest? Takes up the most area?  Even the term man-made structure can be problematic.  What if we really weren’t planning on making it, yet we did anyhow does that count?   If that is the case, then the answer might just be Fresh Kills, a garbage dump on Staten Island, New York.  Opened in 1948, the Fresh Kills landfill site (named after the Dutch word kil, meaning “small river”) soon became one of the largest structure in human history, trumping (at least by volume) the Great Wall of China.  The site is 4.6 square miles in area and, when operational, twenty barges, each carrying 650 tons of rubbish, were shipped in every day. At its peak, the dump was already more ...

  Benjamin Franklin loved to experiment.  Either with kite strings and electricity or adapting his eyeglasses so he could use them to see both near and far, Franklin love to figure out new things and improve on old ways.     One of the discoveries Franklin made was that plaster could be used as an effective fertilizer.  His neighbors weren’t buying into his claims, however.  To convince them, he went to a well-traveled path by a field that was about to be seeded.  He scratched letters into the ground and sprinkled plaster in them.   After a few weeks, the grain began to grow, and some of the grains were noticeably greener and taller than the rest.  The grains formed a message “THIS HAS BEEN PLASTERED”.    Franklin didn’t have to argue with his neighbors anymore; the proof was there in bright green living color.   There are people we try to convince of the benefits of faith in Christ Jesus that just don...

 Theodore Roosevelt was an outdoorsman. He'd rather be hiking in the woods or hunting in the savannah than at some gala.  But as president of the United States it was part of his job to host dignities and do meet and greets.   What Roosevelt hated most about these session is how even when speaking pleasantries and greeting one another, he found most folks paid little attention to what was actually being said. To amuse himself, Roosevelt would greet people with a smile and exclaim “I murdered my grandmother this morning”.  Most people never reacted to the statement.  But one diplomat did. After the remark he leaned in and whispered to the President, “I’m sure she had it coming to her”.   It’s not just diplomats that hear but don’t listen. People do that with the word of God all the time. You can tell because they don’t react to what it is telling them. It might pass into their ears but that doesn’t make any change in their lives. But one who ...

One of Abraham Lincoln’s favorite stories was about a horse that was about sold at the cross-roads near where he once lived.  He told it as follows: The horse was supposed to be fast, and quite a number of people were present at the time appointed for the sale.  A small boy was employed to ride the horse backward and forward to exhibit his points.  One of the would-be buyers followed the boy down the road and asked him confidentially if the horse had a splint.  "Well, mister," said the boy, "if it's good for him he has got it, but if it isn't good for him he hasn't.   I wonder if a lot of people take that same approach to serving the Lord. They feel like they are doing what God wants even if they don’t know exactly what that is.   The people of Athens were like that. They made an idol to an unknown God, assuming that any god would want an idol. The true God, He doesn’t.  Paul attempted to help them overcome their ignorant worship wi...

   Michael was a sculptor. At age 33, he was just starting to make his mark in the art world, working on a piece for the biggest art patron in the world. So when that patron asked him to switch projects from the one he had his heart set on and paint a fresco instead, he balked. He wasn’t a painter; he had never done a fresco in his life. There were suspicions that his rivals had cooked up the job because they knew Michael wouldn’t want to do it, and his refusal might end his relationship with the wealthy patron.   Then there was the job itself. It was going to be grueling work that would take years to complete. It would make him miserable and cost him physically. The art itself wouldn’t be the easy to see either since it wasn’t to be painted on the wall but rather on the ceiling.  A job he didn’t want, doing something he was prepared for, in miserable conditions for something no one would be able to see.   Sound like a job you sluff off right? ...