We’ve all heard the stories about  a genie offering to grant wishes, and most of us have probably spent time imagining what wishes we would make.  While genies are, of course, imaginary and fanciful creations of some clever minds, there is a story in the Bible about God asking a man what he wanted. In 1 Kings 3, “the Lord appeared to…

Someone passed this test on to me several years ago.  I do not know where it came from originally, but it is outstanding.  The following “tests” can be applied to nearly every situation you face to determine whether an action is right or wrong.  As you are weighing your options, answer these questions. The Personal Test: Will doing this make me a…

What a great weekend!  In fact, it was the perfect weekend, exactly what was needed!  How do I know? Dave Miller arrived safely and did an outstanding job in the seminar.  He presented seven masterful lectures!  Actually, they were perfect, exactly what was needed!  How do I know? There were hundreds in attendance at the Eissey Campus Theatre every night, half of…

Try to imagine a marriage like the following example and consider how you would react if you were the husband in this illustration. Your wife only comes to the house once a week and only stays for about an hour.  Sometimes she doesn’t even show up every week and it may be two or three weeks before she comes back to the…

The July 2008 issue of Reader’s Digest had an interesting article on pages 162-169 entitled, “Why We’re Happy.”  Before pointing out his five keys to happiness, the author noted that happiness is not based upon the acquisition of things or being accepted by others or any other factors that “we typically hear about.  Things like winning the lottery, getting liposuction, and earning…

It is obvious that there are vaccines available today for just about anything.  Children are vaccinated for things like measles, mumps, chickenpox, diphtheria, hepatitis, polio and a multitude of other diseases.  And, adults can be vaccinated against most of the same diseases, plus many others like shingles.  With all of our vaccines today, and then all of the drugs and antibiotics to…

Homecoming Weekend brought back some fond memories of Palm Beach Lakes from years gone by. Having grown up at Palm Beach Lakes, I’ve known no other congregation like PBL. Even more, having grown up at Palm Beach Lakes, I’ve only known one way for a family and for children to be involved in a local congregation. While I would not claim that…