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Boomer Died Today

Scriptural Basis: “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with »

Counting on A Long Life?

Scriptural Basis: “Even to your old age and gray hairs I am He, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. Isaiah 46:4 Anderson's Applications: This week the news carried the picture of »

A Date that Will Live In Infamy: Dec. 7, 1941 or April 15th?

Scriptural Basis: Then He said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s. Matthew 22:21 Anderson's Applications: “A date that will live in infamy, is how President Roosevelt described December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor Day; but many Americans seem to believe it is as »

Sin's Black Box Will Always Beep Until It's Discovered

Scriptural Basis: “And you may be sure that your sin will find you out. Numbers 32:23b Anderson's Applications: There are many people who do not believe this is true. Otherwise, why do they do what they do? So often sin is willingly entered into with the thought, “Who is going »

Friends:The Chief Happiness in Life?

Scriptural Basis: “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 17:17 Anderson's Applications: “Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about »

Tips on the Telephone

Cell phones are everywhere. Just take a stroll around your local mall and try to count how many people are using their cells phones as they walk around. My guess is the number will be so high, you'll lose count. Younger and younger children are now using cell phones as »

Whose Holding Up Your Hands?

Scriptural Basis: "As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. When Moses' hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up--one »

Prayer: An Exercise in Futility or Resurrection Power?

Scriptural Basis: "For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins." I Corinthians 15:16-17 Anderson's Applications: This is a very good week to evaluate whether or not you »

Holy Week Thoughts

Scriptural Basis: "Deliver us from evil." Matthew 6:13b Anderson's Applications: Suddenly turning a corner the sight before our eyes is overwhelming. Again and again, driving the Amalfi Coast of Italy, traversing the narrow, winding ribbon of highway that clings precipitously to the cliffs high above the waves, every turn presented »

A Nose Sensitive to the Cesspool?

Scriptural Basis: "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." Matthew 6:13 Anderson's Applications: A cynical teenager cornered the pastor of his church one Sunday and asked him sarcastically how much sin weighed, because the pastor had used the phrase "the weight of sin" so often in his »

The Only Complete Realist

Scriptural Basis: "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." Matthew 6:13 Anderson's Applications: Mountains attract me. They are majestic, glorious, mysterious, yet beckoning; like other parts of God's creation, they speak of His nature, majesty and power. The Psalmist said, "I lift up my eyes to the »

Rogue Waves

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Scriptural Basis: "The Lord passed before him (Moses) and proclaimed, "The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty." »

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