Ecclesiastes 12:10

Monday Morning scatter shooting  while wondering;   If they say 1/3 of all workplace accidents go unreported. How do they know?    I once had a elder describe a person as a Biblical since he “ appears for a little while and then vanishes away”( James 4:14). Some verses are easy to apply to people. I would like to think that someone might apply Acts 18:24 to me, (an eloquent man … mighty in the Scriptures). But my guess is it probably is one of these; Top Ten verses you don’t want applied to you as a preacher           1.  2nd Corinthians 10:10   For they say, "His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible ."           2.  Jeremiah 1:6  Then I said, "Alas, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak,            3. Job 19:17   "My breath is offensive to my w...

   I have often wished, as a youth minister, the Bible include more stories about Jesus as a young man. The only real knowledge about Jesus as a teen comes from Luke 2:41-52. In this passage Jesus is left behind after a trip to Jerusalem. After three days he is finally found in the temple. His Mother sees him and responds, “ Son, why have You treated us this way? Behold, Your father and I have been anxiously looking for You ."    I don’t think the text fully expresses the fury that was most likely in her voice. I know if it had been my mother she would have been livid. The question I am most often asked about this is “Did Jesus sin by being disobedient to his parents?” Most folks will answer it must be no since we know Jesus was sinless. So why was this not a sin?     Well simply put, he made an error in judgment but did not sin. He like so many other teens he was misunderstood by his parents. He felt he needed to “ be in My Father's house ” but hi...