December 5, 2023 Patty and I were looking forward to the day the movie, “The Whale,” came on a TV channel for free. We have only seen several of the dozens of movies starring Brendan Fraser, but we have been impressed by and thoroughly enjoyed his characters’ personas — whether…

Six Six Six November 27, 2023 This is the last of my older essays from early in my walk with Jesus. Printed in The Island Dispatch, way back when. I might have some edits updating or clarifying my thoughts. Any major edits will have been bracketed { }. In a…

People Get Ready November 29, 2023 “When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day. In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat. People didn’t realize what was…

Evangel? Not. November 28, 2023 I thought Evangelism was a sect of “Born Again Christianity.” I thought it was proclaiming that folks could be born again not of the corruptible flesh but of the incorruptible Spirit of God. I thought that it was the good news that individuals could be…

Where is Love? November 27, 2023 This is something that I wrote almost 50 years ago, and if there is any significant edit that I make for today, it will be bracketed { }. The Bible affirms that there is no greater love than a person giving his life for…

Resuscitation November 24, 2023 There was a religious revival — a kind of spiritual resuscitation — in the 70’s — often referred to as the Jesus Movement. It began on the West Coast, emerging around the time of the social awakening of the Hippie culture (see, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_movement ). A lot…

November 22, 2023 Matthew 11:12 never made any sense to me no matter how hard I tried. From upside down, forward and backward, standing on my head, any way I examined it, it still did not click. The other day was different. I had responded to a person who wrote…

November 20, 2023 Please note that this rant is not edited by, nor is it approved by my Copy Editor, my wife, Patty, because she feels it is much too negative regarding the Gospel message, and it is much too rude and crude… So, I am unrestrained like a loose…

November 14, 2023 The following essay is an article I published in the Island Dispatch newspaper around 1975: God has worked many miracles in my life,,, I had really messed up, but in His mercy, He gave me a fresh start. I was in bondage to immorality, cigarettes, alcohol, and…