Amazement Thus Beckoning


I will speak of myself, for it is impossible for me to know the heart of anyone who might read this.  I do not want to give confidence where it is not warranted.  But I find desire within me to encourage those things that warrant encouragement.  And I desire to share a mutual amazement. When … Continue reading

An Unwarranted Suppression


I do not need bars or scars to mark out the place of my imprisonment for the sake of Christ.  I am constrained by his excellent strength within the place he has set me himself.  And it becomes my great joy to serve Him in this very place of obscurity. How greatly I desire that … Continue reading

Scissors and Worms


The righteous man walks carefully down the wet slippery alley, holding his scissors points down.  The moisture has brought out the worms.  And hardly a step can be taken without sliding. The righteous man does not run with his scissors.  Nor does he eat the worms.  For he remembers the words of his parents, and … Continue reading

The Telling Average


I just wrote an article about the popularity of the Gospel.  And out of curiosity, I went back to sum up the total average of visitors to this blog.  Sometimes we have a sense of things, but when we quantify, we are often even amazed at the least possible expectation. Over the last 5 years, … Continue reading

The Grand Reception


There is a love that is readily perceived as hatred and selfish ambition.  And there is a hatred that is readily perceived as love, but is full of hatred and selfish ambition. There was a time when one man turned an entire city to God.  For in that day people cared about what is true.  … Continue reading