Who Are You Going to Call?

There’s a saying about American presidents that after their inaugurations they cannot get trusted advisors. The point is that once a person becomes president of the United States, it’s too late to figure out whose advice he can trust. He needs to form...

Three Men’s Faithfulness

In the 6th century B.C., many Jews were captured and brought to Babylon. The powerful king, Nebuchadnezzar, believed he was a god. He built a huge statue of himself and ordered everyone to bow down and worship it. When three young Jewish men refused to bow down and...

God’s Crossword Puzzle

Do you do crossword puzzles? I have to confess that I always seem to get stuck on some obscure reference to science, history or music that I’ve never heard of. And without those words, the whole puzzle remains a mystery. And that’s the way it was with the...

Yellow Ribbons

The song, Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree, is about a man released from prison who wasn’t sure whether the woman he loved would accept him back, or reject him. He wrote and asked her forgiveness and requested that, if she could forgive him, she tie a...

Mystery Religions

In the first century, the Greek mystery religions were the number one competition for Christianity. They were the ancient equivalents to secret societies in more recent centuries. You were initiated into a mystery religion without knowing very much, and then you were...