Election season is upon us. If you’re like me, you’ll be glad when the election ads disappear. Just two weeks to go, thank God! Because people went to war, bled and died to give us the privilege, we need to exercise our right to vote. It’s even worthy of a poem, so here it is: I’ve only one vote in this electionso I’ll carefully make my selection. But first, I’ll pray on voting dayto cast my ballot the right way….
We have a wonderful privilege in this nation. If we don’t like the way things are run, we can spend our vote for some other leader. At the moment, things don’t seem to be going too well. A week from today we will be able to do something about it by prayerfully voting for some primary candidates. According to several prophets including Tim Sheets out of Middletown, Ohio, there are going to be some interesting times between now and the…
When reading the Bible, sometimes a scripture seems to jump off the page and smack you between the eyes. That happened to me the other day as I read through Ezekiel–Chapter 35, the last part of verse 6. I don’t ever recall reading that before but there it was, plain as day. Ezekiel 35:6b: . . .since you have not hated bloodshed, therefor bloodshed will pursue you. As I pondered that line, I though of places like Chicago. Their mayor…
We find ourselves today in a time not unlike Israel in Jeremiah’s day. Although he preached the truth to them, they refused to hear. He said the people had ears but did not hear and had eyes that did not see (Jeremiah 5:21 and following). God had given Israel the land of Canaan (otherwise known as the Promised Land) to the Israelites because the former occupants, the Canaanites, sacrificed their children to Molech (also known as Baal). Now, the Israelites…