I hope everyone in the United States had a meaningful Independence Day, a day where freedom is the main theme. Let me ask you, though, can you handle freedom? Can humanity handle freedom? Recent events and trends suggest otherwise. What is the problem? For all the talk about freedom, what…
Let me ask you: Where are you now? Have you taken your bearings lately? A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a blonde woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, “Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a…
Our friends from down under have produced a video online course about the Plagues of Egypt. I’m sure it will be interesting to all. Standard disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Common Faith Academy, and this is not to be considered a wholehearted endorsement of all beliefs represented (and indeed…
Looks like spring and warmer weather has finally arrived for the most part. As a public service, I want to remind everyone to reverse the cables on their car batteries so that the air conditioning comes on instead of the heat. OK, you don’t believe that. I suppose it means…
Aloha! We are having a wonderful Feast of Tabernacles here in a pretty exotic location. Travel restrictions made the journey… well… interesting. Made it we did, though, and in no small part because of the grace of God interfering with the plans of our common foe. Tom from “down under”…
I understand that a lot of employers are having trouble hiring these days. It is tough to get good help. However, even before the pandemic, it was difficult to get good people into the priesthood, I’ve been told. Every profession has its challenges, to be sure, but I can see…
Firstly, I apologize. I thought for sure I had already posted these videos. Here are two new ones from our friends in Australia, albeit in a different organization (do I really have to put these disclaimers?).
A man dreams about the number 7 all night long. He wakes up, and the clock says 7:07. He is ready to dismiss it as coincidence but then looks at his phone and realizes it is July 7th. “It must be a sign!” he says out loud. So, he gets…
Little Johnny was learning in Bible class about sin, prayer and forgiveness. When the teacher finished the lesson, she asked, “What do we have to do before we ask the Lord for forgiveness?” Little Johnny raised his hand. No one else raised their hand, so the teacher reluctantly called on…
In the Soviet Union, there were newspapers named Pravda and Izvestia. Pravda is Russian for ‘truth’, and Izvestia is Russian for ‘news’. There was an old Russian joke that in Truth there was no news, and in News there was no truth. Until recently, that joke rarely was applied to…