By Earl E. Robertson The Bible is replete with instruction, both positive and negative, for the behavioral patterns of acceptable living for all men. This is a most difficult lesson for men to learn, even some professing Christianity. We all must recognize that there are no alternatives when God speaks. He blesses the obedient, and condemns …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
If You Had Been Noah
By Thomas L. Andrews Our imagination can be very useful when it is channeled toward spiritual evaluation. One often wonders what it would be like to live in another time or if you had actually been someone else. There might be profit in this if we will be objective in answering appropriate questions. Choose a time …
No Time To Listen
By Jimmy Tuten When Martha complained to Jesus that her sister Mary had neglected the housework in order to listen to spiritual teaching, He answered, “Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is needful; for Mary hath chosen the good part which shall not be taken away from her” (Luke …
Letting Others Rule Our Lives
By Luther Bolenbanker There is no doubt that others rule our lives to a great extent. Other people make us happy or unhappy. Others cause us to feel good or frustrated, they produce feelings of resentment or kindness toward them and others. An expression we sometimes use is, “You are a pain in the neck.” This …