Ecclesiastes 12:10

  In recent years, there has been a shift into a postmodern mindset that disallows any absolute truth.  Everything is relative and what is ‘right’ for one person may not be ‘right’ for others.  Feeling have as much substance as facts.   You may have also noticed how now it seems everything must be argued about. Any statement, any choice is subject to scrutiny to the nth degree. One would think that a more ‘flexible’ world that accepts all points of view equally would be much more tolerant.   However, real life doesn’t work that way.  Since no one can hold to facts, the currency of debate is about who cares the most. To be on top one must be fully committed to an insane emotional degree.  It might not make much sense what you believe but if you believe it enough, it is ‘right’.  So the worst thing you can do is to give over to the temptation to even listen to someone else's point of view.  Opposition is to be crushed, lest it li...

A Fifty-Fifty Choice At least take a guess... Who was hairier? (2nd Kings 1:8; 2nd Kings 2:23) Elisha Elijah Who was older? (Genesis 25:25-26) Jacob Essau Who was taller? (1st Samuel 9:2) Saul David Who had better eyes? (Genesis 29:17) Leah Rachel Who talked more? (Acts 14:12) Paul Barnabas Who is mentioned in the Bible more? Moses David Who was the faster runner? (John 20:4) Peter John Who was the better wrestler? (Hosea 12:4) Jacob The Angel Who was better looking? (1st Samuel 9:2, 2 Corinthians 10:10) Saul the King Saul the Apostle Which meal had more leftovers?* (Mark 8:19-20) Feeding of 5,000 Feeding of 4,000 *see Comments for explanation

  Its name was Exercise Tiger, and it was one of the most important exercises in World War II. You've probably had never heard of it.  It ’s not, however, forgotten because it was a disaster for the American forces, even though that is exactly what it was . A disaster.   The trouble started on the beach landing. A delay in some of the landing ship caused the troops that were to invade the beach to come under shelling from their own warship. Marines were killed by friendly fire.  Even worse the top secret exercise was witnessed by a German E-boat that attacked some of the transport boats. Two of the nine were sunk, another two were damaged before other ships could return fire.  A thousand men died. The failed exercise caused the entire Allied war plan to be put on hold until the situation was brought back under control. The whole debacle was hidden from the public. The families of those that died were not informed of the men deaths.   Any mention...

Basket Cases See if you can figure a way out of this quiz Who escaped Damascus in a basket let down the wall? Ananias Saul Peter David How many basketfuls were picked up after the feeding of 5,000? 7 10 12 16 How many basketfuls were picked up after the feeding of 4,000? 7 10 12 16 King Jehu received what strange item a basket? Rotting fruit An asp Seventy heads His crown and scepter What prophet was found floating in a basket? Moses Elijah Elisha Daniel What did Zechariah see in a basket that caused him to throw the lid back on it? A monkey A snake A demon A women Who served the angel of the Lord a young goat in a basket? Jacob Gideon Moses The widow at Cannan What did Jesus say one doesn't hide under a basket? His dinner A cloak The word of God A lamp What prophet had a vision of two baskets filled with figs, one good and one bad? Ezekiel Jeremiah Daniel Isaiah What did the three baskets represent in the baker's dr...

  Meeting :   ˈ<mēdiNG>   noun   The bane of the office workers, a time waste of enormous portions from the Latin Meddle,  a torture device   Ok, that isn’t the real definition, even though it does sometimes seem close. Meetings in the workplace are often a time sink that never accomplishes anything more than having a meeting.  Disorder, complaints, confusion, meandering. They drive people mad!  Rather than encourage efficiency they seem to destroy it.   So why do we do it? Well, sometimes they work.   Consider the lunch meeting a few animators had with their boss. It was to come up with ideas to follow-up their soon to be released movie about toys that came to life. As they set in the Hidden City Café, several movie pitches were bandied about.  They turned out pretty good.  A Bug's Life, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc., and WALL-E all came from that single lunch meeting of  Pixar employees in 1994. ...

Y ou Don't Buy Me Flowers Anymore See if you can sprout the right answer... Compared to flowers that fade, what does the Bible say will never fade? The needs of the poor The word of God The reign of Israel The time of the prophets What book of the Bible has the phrase 'Rose of Sharon'? Matthew Revelation Song of Solomon 2nd Samuel What flower are we to consider when we worry? The lilies The brambles The iris The rose Psalm 103 compares what to the flowers of the field? The days of our life The young and restless The bold and beautiful Our guiding light What prophet was so upset a plant had died he wished he was dead? Elijah Micah Jonah Eli What king had a man slandered and killed just so he could make a vegetable garden? Solomon Jehu Onan Ahab What type of plant did Jesus curse? Olive branch Fig tree Grain field Mustard seed What two herbs did Jesus say the Pharisees tithed? Sage & Rosemary Mint &...

  They understood the problem. So when Jesus asked the disciples, “ Where are we to buy bread, so that these may eat ?", they were stumped.  There wasn’t enough money, even if they had some place to buy food from.  Jesus knew that He just wanted to see how they would handle it.  Then Andrew spoke up. " There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these for so many people?" (John 6:9)   It wasn’t much of a suggestion. Andrew talks himself out of it before he finishes his sentence. It won’t work. It’s absurd. It’s not practical.   Yet it did. Jesus made it work. That ‘bad idea’ became a miracle that every gospel writer mentions.   A solution is better than no solution.   I often noticed in the work of the church people are experts in why things will not work. Ideas are picked apart.  Plans are shot down before even fully formed. Yet, no other suggestion is given; no course of action is pro...