'Commandments' Tagged Posts

'Commandments' Tagged Posts

Blue

Do Your Best To Be Blue

“We are the Blue Family,” Father Blue proclaimed to his first child.  “We color the rivers, lakes, and seas, and we paint the sky on the most beautiful days.”  The first child left home, went out on her own, and became red.  And her color filled the sky with ominous and scary imagery. “We are the Blue Family,” Father Blue proclaimed to his second child.  “We color the rivers, lakes, and seas, and we paint the sky on the most…
Ruler and Redeemer

Ruler and Redeemer

In Acts Chapter 7, Stephen stands before the Jewish council and delivers an address which encapsulates a whopping 52 verses – a full deck of cards.  After weaving throughout different events in Hebrew history, Stephen finally reaches the aces at the bottom of the deck in the climactic conclusion in Verses 51-53.  It is there that he boldly confronts the actions of his Jewish contemporaries.  Just as their fathers rejected Moses and the other prophets, so also they have rejected,…
buffet

Christianity Is Not a Buffet

When you have growing children whose appetites can best be compared to a Shop-Vac… sometimes your safest bet is heading to the local buffet for dinner. A Buffet is one of the only ways you can ensure every kid will be able to find SOMETHING they like. What a crazy notion a buffet is to a child. Here is a place where I don’t have to eat anything gross; I can pick and choose whatever I desire. I can go…

LOVE ONE ANOTHER

One cold evening back in the 1800s, a preacher went to visit a member of his congregation who had stopped attending worship services. The man welcomed the preacher into his home and the two of them settled into chairs next to the fireplace. Wanting to convey the importance of congregational involvement, the preacher took a pair of tongs and carefully removed a burning ember from the fire, placing it on the edge of hearth by itself. Without saying a word,…