Honoring Marriage
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. Ephesians 4:29 A friend is moving away because her husband’s work is in another city. The wife has been here a long time…
Read MoreIntentional Influence
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Psalm 32:8 I write notes to myself all the time. Often it is just some ditty I heard that struck me at the time and so I write it down for when…
Read MoreIs There a Mother in the House?
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments. Psalm 119:66 As I was reading this morning’s newspaper I was reminded of an experience I had many years ago in a PTA meeting at our children’s elementary school. The Reading School District was considering going to uniforms and the meeting was…
Read MoreIs That Judgmental?
Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words. Proverbs 23:9 I must confess that I can be judgmental. In our culture judging others is considered to be a major social offense and an abomination of good religious behavior. Sometimes I get excused…
Read MoreA Mother’s Sin
She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. (28) Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her. Proverbs 31:27-28 Matthew 14 describes a really ugly family situation. King Herod has taken his brother’s wife, Herodias, as his own wife. …
Read MoreWho Saved Christmas?
Yet the LORD was not willing to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and since he had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever. 2 Chronicles 21:7 Dale Ralph Davis is a Bible commentator with very interesting perspectives. For instance,…
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