What do the following words have in common? Dankie, faleminderit, merci, chokrane, saha, chnorakaloutioun, eskerrik asko, hvala, blagoudaria, gracies, salamat, sunsalamat, zikomo, grazie, tak, tashakor, dankon, vinaka, kiitos, merci, dankewol mahalo, toda, dhanvavad, takk, taiku, tanemirt, akun, murakoze, sobodi, tenki, spas, aciu, blagodaram, paldies, dhanvavadaqalu, mesi, asbhar? These forty words are forty different ways to say “Thank you” around the world. The…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by Dan Jenkins (Page 88)
The past two Sundays have been so uplifting to those who have been part of them. Two weeks ago we looked at all that this congregation has done since we began making Mission Sunday an annual event. It was so thrilling to see the impact that nearly half a million dollars you gave during that time has had. God deserves all the…
Take time to look at the front page of this bulletin and then bow your head in thanksgiving to God for all He has done through us. The information there shows the impact of the Mission Sunday contributions for the past four years. Your generosity has enabled the gospel of Jesus to touch West Palm Beach, South Florida and literally reach around…
Every now and then you run across an article which is so simple, yet so profound, it changes how you look at life. Neal Pollard, who spoke on our lectureship two years ago, recently took a look at resolutions Christians should consider for the new year. Look at his suggestions. Bring just one non-Christian to church services with you. Focus on one…
Just suppose someone made a perfect translation of the official rules of baseball and sent them to a distant land. When the people there received that rule book they were fascinated and decided to introduce this sport into their land. The baseball field was laid out according to the rule book with every distance measured accurately. The strike zone was learned and…
Can you remember, when as a child, you thought that anyone who was thirty was really old, and anyone over sixty was approaching Methuselah’s age? It’s funny when you turn thirty your whole perception changes. If you are sixty plus, you, unlike those around you, cannot seem to think of yourself as being old. The Bible has so much to say about…
You’ve seen it haven’t you? Perhaps it was on TV you watched those pictures of antlered male animals vying for supremacy. Time after time their horns/antlers/heads pound against each other with reverberating sounds. Such battles seemingly go on for hours. Are you aware that there is a spiritual application of this? It is found in the writings of Ezekiel. By the time…
As the end of this year approaches, another chapter in our lives will soon be history. The triumphs and mistakes will forever be written in the hearts of those who witnessed them. It should be a time of sober reflections as we begin writing another chapter in the new year. Where are you now compared to where you were at the beginning…