When the Bible discusses the death of Abel it uses the phrase, “He being dead still speaks” (Heb. 11:4).  Those righteous ones who have departed leave behind many treasures, and through them they speak to us.  Perhaps no one in my lifetime has had the impact of Marshall Keeble.  His parents had been slaves, and our dear brother grew up in deep…

This article has nothing to do with the guilt of Casey Anthony, who, in the view of most Americans, got away with murdering her daughter, Caylee. When the “Not Guilty” verdict was read last week, there was an overwhelming reaction of disdain and a resounding cry for justice for Caylee. The rage came from the evidence presented by the prosecutors of a…

Someone once asked Leonard Bernstein, the celebrated orchestra conductor, “What is the hardest instrument to play?” He immediately replied, “Second fiddle. I can always get plenty of first violinists, but to find one who plays second violin with as much enthusiasm or second French horn or second flute, now that’s a problem. And yet if no one plays second, we have no…

How do you respond to tragedy? How do you determine moral issues like abortion, sexual perversion, divorce and honesty? How do you decide how to treat your enemies and those who mistreat you? It all depends on the concept you have of God. When you think of God, how do you view Him? If we think of God as a myth, our…

God expects His people to be thankful. It should not surprise us that the Bible speaks of giving thanks more than 125 times. In the midst of trials sometimes it is hard to obey His words, “In everything give thanks” (1 Thess. 5:18), but when surrounded by evidences of His blessings we must be thankful. We are truly blessed! I am thankful…

There is only one man in the Bible who is described as the friend of God. He is mentioned over 300 times in the Bible, but the first sixty times he is mentioned, he is called by a name that does not represent the place God intended for him to occupy. His first name, Abram, means “a high father” or “an exalted…

One remarkable truth that is often forgotten is just how much God loves those who are widows. While society may overlook them and their needs, God does not for they are mentioned about ninety times in the Bible. With the exception of the times they are part of a historical narrative or part of instructions about their marriages in keeping with the…

I am not sure about the origin of the expression “bucket list,” but I know the concept. It is a list of all the things one wants to experience before they “kick the bucket.” Sometimes the list is made in one’s youth and can be so imaginative. It might have items like visit the South Pole, skydive over the Grand Canyon, hitchhike…