“For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.” (Moses 1:39) These are the words spoken to Moses by Jehovah, the God of the Old Testament. Immortality and Eternal life for man are based on two conditional attributes: our faith in Jesus Christ, the Son…
Tag: Father
On Comprehension
There is an interesting story about a young boy vacationing with his parents on a Lake Michigan beach near a sand dune called Mount Baldy. That young boy and a friend were racing to the top of the sand dune when he, all of a sudden, disappeared into the sand. People and rescue crews came…
On Coming To Oneself
I have heard that statement, “Coming to oneself,” several times in the last few months, and prior to that, I seldom remember hearing it. Yet, the other day, someone quoted from the parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:17): “And when he came to himself…” When I heard that quote, then I remembered the parable,…
On Gender Differences
I remember as a youth, during harvest time, there were many country (farm) women working hard in the fields beside the men. For most of them, when the sun went down and they returned home from the field, their day’s work had just begun. They had to continue their day with their wifely duties, getting…
On Fathers Are Important Too
As Father’s Day approaches, may we take the time to actually contemplate our fathers, their lives and the contribution they made to our lives and the lives of our children. I have often wished that my father would have written his history, and since he did not, I attempted to do it for him. In…
On No Matter How Real or On Intelligence
I am often amazed at the capacity of the human mind. If a human can think it, a human can do it, with few exceptions. The most interesting thing about that thought is the converse. Just because you can think it, doesn’t mean that you have to or should do it. Most everything that I…
On He Knows Me
One of the most difficult concepts for most Christian people to understand is the idea that the Father of us all and His son, Jesus Christ, knows each of us individually. When we contemplate the billions of people who have and will habi- tat this earth before the end, it is absolutely mind boggling to…
On Angels
We have been told by our church leaders that angels are people who have passed on after having already experienced earth life themselves. These are those who are sometimes sent to earth by God to bring a message of value to whomever they were assigned to visit. Then there are those who have written books…
On If There Is A God
Whenever a tragedy occurs, we sometimes hear: “What a terrible, or cruel thing! If there were a God, He would never have let anything so terrible happen.” We humans can find many reasons to question the existence of God. A few will actu- ally dwell on such events to renew and strengthen their stand. It…
On Becoming A Man
Various cultures around the world have what is sometimes referred to as the “Right of Passage”—a ceremony conducted at the time a young boy is either at an age of maturity or has simply matured to a point where the tribal leaders feel he should become a man. It is interesting that most primitive tribes…