I think our own personal life experiences will affirm the fact that it is difficult to feel positively toward someone who, we believe, has wronged us. That ‘someone’ could be…
Author: <span>His Bondservant</span>
Knowledge: “facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education”. Some specific knowledge is useful to many of us e.g. where can I buy gas for my…
In 1981 a best selling book was published entitled ‘Getting to Yes-Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In“. It was apparently designed to equip managers and negotiators to move both sides in…
I attended a national conference last summer and one of the work shop speakers reported on some research [see the link below] indicating that suffering in one form or another…
The word vain has several meanings depending on its context or use. To speak of a person being vain, ‘is to say such person is manifesting undue or excessive pride…
“Actions speak louder than words”, is an old and ever-valid statement about what really matters, i.e. what people and governments actually do vs. what they say they will do. We…
Some of us, perhaps many, who would consider ourselves Christians, actually ‘follow’ Jesus from a considerable distance. In His earthly ministry, the various and dramatic healings by Jesus as well…
Carefully pondering the brief Old Testament account of Mephibosheth, will reveal a stirring story of danger, despair, deliverance, deceit, and abandoned delight. Mephibosheth was the son of Prince Jonathan, the…
The Old Testament law allowed for an Israelite to own a fellow Hebrew as a slave [Ex 21:1-6, Deut 15:12-17]. However, it was required of the master/owner to release and…
In the Apostle Paul’s letter to his friend, Philemon, he twice mentions individual’s hearts being ‘refreshed’ [vs 7&20]. Paul first says to Philemon the ‘….hearts of the saints have been…
“May it be done to me according to your word”-This was the ‘no hassle acceptance’ by Mary, mother of Jesus, to the announcement to her by Gabriel that she would…
Nowadays, to say someone ‘has an attitude’ is to mean such person has a bad attitude, an attitude that is destructive, uncooperative, mean spirited, etc. If someone has a ‘good’…