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On Familiarity “Above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.” —1 Peter 4:8 Most people have heard the expression, “Familiarity breeds contempt.” It originated with Aesop in “The Fox and the Lion.” It basically means that the more familiar we become with something (or someone), we tend …
The Testimony of Two Pillars And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz. —1 Kings 7:21 On the porch of Solomon’s Temple, he placed two …
Small Things But thou, Beth–lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. —Micah 5:2 Christ was not born is some large metropolis like Jerusalem or …
Christmas Lights The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. —Matthew 4:16 The other night, Barb and I drove around our neighborhood to view the beautiful homes decorated with colorful Christmas lights. Some of those homeowners must have …
Our Uniform “Put on the new man…” —Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10 Last week Barb and I visited our daughter Joyce’s house. She showed us some new pictures hanging on her wall of our grandsons Anders and Ethan neatly dressed in their Air Force uniforms. It gave me a new perspective of who they have become—Airmen …
The Lord’s “Swap Meet” “…beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness…” —Isaiah 61:3 Growing up I remember my parents taking me to a “swap meet.” It is like a flea market where people gather to either sell stuff, barter for things, or trade one …