Insisting on Your Rights

Once when I was returning a rental car at the airport, I was first in line with a long line behind me. After the agent took care of me, he said, “Who’s next?” and two men simultaneously said, “I am.” From there it escalated into a heated argument as to who was first. I left [...]

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Team Selection

I’ve never been a very good athlete and I remember the youthful pain of team selection in gym classes. You hope and pray you won’t be chosen last. A few times I was chosen as one of the first, not because I was good, but because the person doing the choosing was my friend. It [...]

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Choosing to Die

Sociologists define altruistic suicide as giving up your life for the love of, or the benefit of, someone else. It’s the soldier who throws his body over a hand grenade to save the lives of his buddies; or the mother who gives up her food and water in time of famine so that her children [...]

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Merely Paper and Ink

A young bank robber was sentenced to six years in prison after robbing a bank of $6,000. After the trial his gun was donated to a museum because it was an antique pistol valued at $100,000! If he had realized what he had in his hand, he probably wouldn’t have robbed that bank! Not realizing [...]

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Realize What You Have

A young bank robber was sentenced to six years in prison after robbing a bank of $6,000. After the trial his gun was donated to a museum because it was an antique pistol valued at $100,000! If he had realized what he had in his hand, he probably wouldn’t have robbed that bank! Not realizing [...]

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Make Sure You’re Enrolled

Frequent flyer programs are really popular. The rewards you earn depend on the number of miles you fly. But your miles don’t count unless you are actually enrolled in the program. On my frequent flyer card it says, “Member since 1986.” That means that the airline has a record of my exact enrollment date. It’s [...]

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Gratefulness

One of my most memorable teenage experiences was when my father let me drive his brand new Chevrolet convertible to my friend’s house. I left my old car in the driveway and took a back way down a twisting road. I went too fast around a curve and side-swiped another car. The police came, and [...]

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Assumptions

Our lives are based on assumptions. I remember a conversation between a Christian and an atheist. The Christian assumed that the Bible was true, and that he would go to heaven when he died. The atheist assumed that the Bible wasn’t true, and that when you’re dead, you’re dead. Finally, the atheist said, “So, what [...]

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Remember John

John the Baptizer was a powerful prophet from God who was sort of a “warm up” man for Jesus. John’s message was that Jesus was the Messiah sent by God. If anyone believed in Jesus, it was John. But then John was thrown in prison for publicly criticizing King Herod’s immorality, and he began to [...]

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Doubts are O.K.

Do you ever have doubts about God? About heaven and hell? About the Bible? When Jesus walked this earth, he encouraged people to check out the facts for themselves. He also warned doubters not to avoid believing because of their preconceived notions about God. He wanted them to be open and to seek out the [...]

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God Inside Us

In the Bible it says, “You do not have because you do not ask God.” This is one of those statements that at first glance is easily misunderstood. It does not mean that God will give us anything we ask for. God is not an Aladdin’s lamp to be rubbed in order to make all [...]

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Why Can’t People Get Along?

Pick up any newspaper and you’ll read of war, racial disturbances and violent crime. Why can’t people get along with each other? The Bible asks a similar question, “What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?” How often have people shouted, “You make me so angry!” [...]

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