One of My Favorite Hymns

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear.” (Psalm 46:1-2) Martin Luther,   in spite of his feet of clay is one of my favorite heroes. Few people have influenced Christianity and Wesern Civilization as he...

Happiness

“Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doingit, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 2:11 People have personal preferences regarding what things...

I Am Not Ashamed

  When a man says: “I Am Not Ashamed!” he makes you lift up your eyebrows:  He gives you he feeling that you want to take a long, searching, look at him. For where is the man bold enough to say, that neither in himself, nor in his family, nor in his community,...

Our Natural and Spiritual Bodies

“It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.” (1 Corinthians 15:43-44) In this portion of...

The Name Above Every Name

What’s in a name?  Shakespeare tells us that there is nothing in a name.  He says if a rose was called by any other name, it would smell just as sweet.  In a sense, however, he is wrong.  If I were to give you a signed check for 1 million dollars, it would be...