Devotionals

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. 

Ephesians 3:1-9 Herman Edwards, the 10th head coach in Kansas City Chiefs history, is known for a number of things.  He is an American football analyst.  He played on the Philadelphia Eagles, the Los Angeles Rams and Atlanta Falcons NFL teams from 1977-1986.  He is also known for his “Hermisms.”  One of these sound bite

John 17:20-23  A man was about to jump from the Golden Gate Bridge.  Rushing to him, a Christian man tried to talk him out of his suicidal notion.  “You know God loves you,” he said.  Through tear brimmed eyes he responded, “You are a Christian?”  The first man answered, “Yes.”  “Are you Protestant or Catholic.” 

John 10:14-16 E pluribus unum is illustrative of something which should be an accepted understanding and practice of all Christians.   This Latin phrase means “Out of many, one.”  These words were adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782 as the traditional motto for our country.  They also appear on the Great Seal.  The motto, however,