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James 2:1-7 In the Roman Empire, the clothes and the jewelry you wore were very important.  Slaves at one point came to understand this significance.  Some of them saved money they received from their work and bought clothes so they would appear to be of the noble class.  This took on a new look when […]

Romans 12:17-21 The mischievous boy saw her coming.  He shrank deeper into the shadows.  A cruel grin broke his hardened face.  She was his classmate.  She seemed to think she was better than he . . . at least, the fact that she didn’t seem to recognize his existence told the same. Today the girl

Psalm 15:1-5 A former president of Moody Bible Institute, Joseph Stowell, was visiting with a consultant to some of the largest companies in the country.  In the course of the conversation, Dr. Stowell asked the man about quality control.  He thought he might gain some beneficial insight since ministry is a form of human quality

Deuteronomy 22:6-8 2:27 p.m., March 30, 1981. President Ronald Reagan, the 70-year-old president, had only been in office for a few months.  After delivering a speech to leaders of the AFL-CIO he came out of the Washington Hilton. Waiting about 15 feet away was John Hinckley Jr., holding a .22-caliber revolver. The president waved to

Deuteronomy 22:1-4 It is important to help people who are in need.  I have helped many.  And yet, government entitlements often bother me.  That was the case this particular day.  I was in Save-A-Lot grocery, standing in line to check out.  I had five or six items in my arms.  In front of me was

James 2:8-9 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well: Bruce, my neighbor, sat in his wheel chair.  He had just come home from the rehab center.  Due to an aggravated case of sugar diabetes his leg had been amputated at the knee. 

Isaiah 58:6-11 An everlasting impression was pressed into my memory as a child.  In the days of my childhood we had “hobos” who were at times seen in various parts of my hometown.   It was rumored that if they got help from a resident, the common practice was to mark the property with an “X.” 

Romans 12:1-5 Linus sat on the floor watching his favorite channel on TV.  His concentration was interrupted when he heard Lucy’s demanding voice.  “Change the channel!”  Startled and somewhat upset he asked timorously, “What makes you think you can come in here and just take over?”  Lucy, looking belligerently down at him curled her hand

1 Peter 2:21-25 Piano tuning is an art in which minute adjustments are made to the tension of the strings of an acoustic piano in order to assure that the interval between their tones is “in tune.”  This requires an assessment of the interaction of vibration between the notes.  In order to accomplish this, piano

1 Peter 2:16-18 In order to have complete control during the Third Reich, Adolph Hitler knew that he had to have the compliance of the religious sector.  Therefore, he commanded all religious groups to unite.  Only half of the Brethren assemblies complied.  Those who did not were persecuted.  Many of them died in concentration camps.