Nov 26, 2014
Can You Spare Some Change? — Pastor Robert Babcock Marlboro SDB Church, NJ Christmas is a wonderful time of the year, isn’t it? Hanging decorations, buying and handing out presents, family and friends getting together, sharing in a wonderful meal. However, after all is said and done, does the Christmas celebration really change anything in your world?...
A Christmas Letter Rev. Paul Manuel, Ph.D. German Seventh-Day Baptist Church Salemville, PA As Christmas approaches and you reflect again upon the savior’s birth, the familiarity of the story may cause you to gloss over some of the details. One such element is how the machinations of man in no way hinder the program of God. Several events in Jesus’ life...
Lionel Rathbone’s Incredible Growing Nose Hairs by Jeremy Evans The sidewalks of Mapleton were crowded with morning commuters. Lionel Rathbone, an impatient rat, wished the old lady mole that waddled in front of him would giddy-up so he wouldn’t be late for work. He wore his navy blue leisure suit, his mint green shirt, and his red tie. The item he most...
Oct 28, 2014
COMPASSION by Dr. George D. Calhoun Milton SDB Church Milton, WI Compassion means to suffer with another person. To have compassion means more than just feeling sorry for somebody. It means to get down where they are in the midst of their need and to suffer with them in the midst of their pain. Biblical...
Oct 28, 2014
“Beam me up, Scotty!” Sharing the journey with you Pastor Scott Hausrath North Loup, NE I recently watched a documentary by William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk on “Star Trek.” He was trying to determine why so many people continue to attend Star Trek conventions almost fifty years after the first show aired on TV. I became a...
Oct 1, 2014
The Miracle Thief by Michael Parker I saw the woman I call the miracle thief for the first time when I was seven. She was a little kid in a bathrobe doing a fake limp across a stage to touch the hem of another kid’s white bathrobe. She was immediately cured of the limp and a stomach ache, as well. She did a somersault. All the other kids in...