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1 Samuel: An Uncertain Trumpet

May 6, 2025

1 Samuel: An Uncertain Trumpet

“Desiring to be men of action, their impulses often lead to disaster for themselves and the nation. They are not leaders but only actors.”

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Art by Simone Cantarini

October 29, 2020

Ancient of Days

A cardinal rule of teaching is never open with a line that makes it impossible to say anything more about the topic.

Art by Edward Laning

October 22, 2020

The Love of the Game

What is it about baseball? I’ve patiently sat through a few games and, honestly, I’ve never understood the attraction.

Art by Thomas Hart Benton

October 15, 2020

Crossing Over

The church service before I taught Sunday School was not to my taste.

Art by Esra Gülmen

October 8, 2020

Keep It Simple

“Thank God the evangelicals are a single issue bloc of voters. I don’t know what we would do were they not.”

October 1, 2020

A Gift Too Big

Instead of destroying a weakened Israel, the Midianites chose constant humiliation by periodically crossing into Israel and reducing them to living in fear – hiding in mountains and caves.

“The Tax Collectors” by Quinten Massys

September 24, 2020

Freely Given

On April 6, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson and Congress declared war on Germany.

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