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Unstructured Worship
UNSTRUCTURED worship is “in” again. Someone awakens to the need for something more “spiritual” and “truly worshipful” than the traditional three songs and a prayer; and sets out to unstructure the “service.” If strongly into the “Spirit thing” (as one reformer put it) we may be told genuine worship must spring spontaneously from each individual’s heart more…
Be Careful Little Eyes….
A popular children’s song emphasizes the importance of being careful as to what our children see, hear and say. The point driven home in the song for such focus is that there is the Father up above looking down from heaven above. He is aware of all that we do, and we should desire to more…
Evil Surmising
It is thinking the worst of somebody. That is a pretty good way to define evil surmising in everyday language. The lexicons define surmise as “to suppose, conjecture, suspect” (Vine, I:284; Thayer, 644; Moulton, 418). The Greek-English Interlinear by George R. Berry translates the word huponoia in 1 Timothy 6:4 as “wicked suspicions” (the NKJV translates it, “evil suspicions”). more…
Poor Mr Or Trust In The Lord
I wish my mind was as clear today as it was thirty-five years ago. Back then, my memory was stronger than it is today and it was just easier to put the puzzle pieces of information together. Now, things like balancing the checkbook, reading and understanding instructions, or being able to make a quick and more…
Trophy For Sale
One day last summer I was on my way to lunch when I drove by a house that was having a rummage sale. Even though I did not stop for the sale, I could not help but notice the display closest to the street—what caught my eye was a table filled with old trophies that more…