I am reminded today, from the readings, of a scene from the movie Little Big Man.  Dustin Hoffman played the role of Jack Crabb, who had...

Soon after making the move here, I began exploring Dish Network.  There are lots of free movies available, for the first three months at...

Something struck me today as I was thinking about Judas selling out Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.  All of a sudden it dawned on me...

Last Sunday, the lectionary reading from the Gospel was Matthew 16:13-20.  In this series of verses we read Jesus telling Peter, “You are...

In Exodus 20, amid the listing of the first ten commandments sent by God through Moses, we find “Honor thy father and thy mother.”...

The news of August 19, 2014 was of American journalist James Foley, captured by Islamic militants for ISIL (ISIS), having been executed...

Bring me a sword. For some reason, I have been thinking about King Solomon’s wise decision that solved who the rightful mother of a baby...

I have posted a full article that draws a parallel to two Biblical events where a woman meets an important person at a well.  Here is the...

The prophet Joel is known to have said, “And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy,...

Not long ago, I read a post about some verses of Scripture that was on the Yahoo News list.  As surprising as that was, I thought it...

In recent weeks there have been several earthquakes of significance around the world.  While this is a standard occurrence, as months...

Where did all the happy people go? The other day I read an article that was entitled, “Why churches should brace for a mass exodus of the...

According to the website BehindtheName.com, the name “John” is, “derived from the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan) meaning “YAHWEH is...

In Isaiah, chapter 11, we read in verse 1, “A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.”...

Years ago I watched a documentary on television that was about Nero and what supposedly did and did not happen leading up to him fiddling...

Notice the altars upon which the offerings were placed. For the past week I have been looking deeply at the story told in chapter 4 of...

John 11:35 is tied with Job 3:2 as the shortest verse in the Holy Bible.  It is the shortest New Testament verse.  It says, “Jesus wept,”...

In the original Star Wars movie, there was a scene where Obi-wan, Luke, R2D2 and C3PO have cruised into a settlement, only to be stopped...

I remember back around 2004 or 2005.  While driving around I heard a talk radio conversation, which I think was about the War on Terror. ...

Did you know that two Greek words, xulon and stauros, have been translated as “cross”?  The word xulon is only found five times in the...