I knew this one was going to go wrong when I got an email forwarded to me from my mom, who got it from a friend who’d had it forwarded to him, etc. so many times that the indents for the forwarding put the actual text almost completely off the page. Let me mention here [...]
I’m sure that if you’re a Sunday School – Bible School alumnus you remember a slightly different word in this verse. It gets mis-translated a lot. Many Bible-thumping types would have us believe that to be “pure in heart” is to be “without,” or as close to humans can get to being without sin. Preachers [...]
I have heard some dullard preachers in my day, hopefully more times than I have been accused of being one. A real low point in ministerial skill came when I heard a preacher adamantly refuse to allow the hymn “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior” be sung in his church. He thought that the idea [...]
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Yesterday a friend send me a song that was pertinent to Palm Sunday, called “Why” It reminded me of a great song by Ray Boltz called “Watch the Lamb” which is similar – the story of the man who carried Jesus’ cross to Calvary. I’ve seen this song performed many times and usually in a [...]
O God, Today I am afraid.
