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From One Extreme to the Other (Matthew 26: 30-35; Acts 9: 1-6)
The late Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, who was so elegantly eulogized this week, once held the NBA record for the most three-pointers made in one game, twelve -- including nine in a row. What the record books will not record is that on the night before he set...
The Illusion of Choice (Genesis 25: 7-11; Revelation 1: 8)
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, the God who is and was and is to come, the Almighty.” Keep that verse in mind as you ponder the fate of a young British soccer fan named Tony Bland, who, in 1989, was caught amidst a thronging mob at a big game and...
What Does “Dominion” Mean? (Genesis 1: 26-31)
Think about these words and places: Bhopal; Chernobyl; Love Canal, Three Mile Island, nuclear emissions, toxic waste; acid rain. These terms and places would have no real meaning at the start of the twentieth century, but they now are recognized as signifying the...
The Romancing of Ruth (Ruth 3: 1-5)
Sad to say, but our culture has become so superficial and jaded that hardly an eyebrow was raised a few years back when some shameless network genius combined greed, romance, sexuality and instant gratification in a television show entitled, Who Wants to Marry a...
Almonds and Christians (Romans 5: 1-5)
Almonds and Christians. You might think that there is no connection linking the two – but you would be wrong! In fact, Christian theologians saw a connection between almonds and Christians as early as the 4th century! One of the early Christian theologians, St. Basil,...