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Walking The Good Road
Following Jesus: "Creator-Sets-Free"
The term “Dysfunctional Family” is commonly used to describe various problems, conflict, and misbehavior within families. In Jake’s family it was brought on by the fact that he favored his son Joe over his other sons. He heaped love, gifts and attention on him that made his brothers angry. They felt less accepted and important. …
He was popular and successful as commander of Syria’s powerful army. His leadership abilities and military prowess had made him rich and his king famous beyond the country’s borders. Things couldn’t have been better if there would not have been another truth about his life that made all his achievements, status, and riches mean next …
If we just consider the barrage of (bad) news broadcast daily, we could easily come to the conclusion that history is one catastrophe after another, war after war, disaster after disaster. Injustice leveled upon injustice, people treated as property, robbed of their Creator given rights to live free etc. etc. Viewed like this, history appears …
Joe had it made. He was the youngest of ten brothers and his Dad’s favorite. He was talented, smart, and had the good looks. He also was a dreamer, at least in his brother’s eyes. One time he had a dream that he would become boss over all his brothers, which he unwisely shared with …
I sat in stone silence looking at the white man sitting a few feet away from me. My heart was cold toward him, and I assumed he felt the same about me. “This is the way it has always been and the way it will always be,” I thought to myself, “the Indian and the …
Growing up, especially during my teenage years, I could have bet with you, hat I was the shyest person on the planet. I felt like a big “L” for “Loser” was stamped on my forehead for everyone to see. Starting a conversation with anyone, especially girls, seemed impossible, and if it happened, my face would …
Who can expect to receive help from God? A common saying states that “God helps those who help themselves!” The authority with which this assertion is made sounds as if these words are taken straight from the Bible. But is it really a true and biblical statement? If we look at Scripture, we find that …
It is a fact of life that we are presented with many opportunities to be offended during our time on planet earth. Jesus told his followers: “It is impossible but that offenses will come”. Offenses are stumbling blocks or bait that the enemy of our souls loves to use to get us off track, to …
“I’m in trouble. I cry to God, desperate for an answer: “Deliver me from the liars, God! They smile so sweetly but lie through their teeth.” These words from God’s Word, (Psalm 120) first uttered hundreds of years ago could also be spoken by anyone in our time. The reality we are faced with makes …
In the last few years both movies and musical versions of Victor Hugo’s novel “Les Miserables” have been watched by millions of people. They tell the story of Jean Valjean, a French prisoner, who had been sentenced to 19 years of hard labor for the crime of stealing bread. The injustice of the sentence and …
When I was a child someone told me the story of a young preacher who was asked to share God’s Word with prison inmates. The preacher was inexperienced and nervous but grateful for the opportunity. Stepping onto the little platform from which he would address the prisoners, he tripped and fell. As you can imagine, …
