I'd be asking some serious questions about this "bailout". Saw a news flash that said if they just took the bailout money and gave it to the unemployed… Just think, there are 8.9 million people unemployed in the United States. The figures come directly from the U.S. Department of Labor. That's the average figure for 2008, but do a little math. They want $800 billion for a bailout. 800 billion divided by 8.9 million is somewhere near $90,000 per unemployed person. Now let's be honest here folks. If you were unemployed and you got a check for $90,000 for no…
Flashing Images
Couldn't help but see things as I read the end of chapter two in First Peter. [html]<ul><li>An insult contest with a big red "X" across the screen. Peter was trying to get us to imagine a person (Jesus) who was insulted and degraded, but did not respond "in kind." It takes a lot of God in a person to not respond. <li>Marchers in Selma and other places in the South were abused, beaten and hosed, but did not turn and attack the perpetrators, set fires, destroy homes and businesses; rather, they endured the punishment, out of which came freedom for…
One Of Four Tough Action Words
Honor. That's it! Peter is not the first one to use this word, but here in First Peter chapter 2, it follows another tough word, "submit". Finding a definition for honor that people will understand is not easy. It probably wasn't that hard in Peters day (~A.D. 60), but it still probably stuck in somebody's craw. It kind of goes with "respect", which could be another of those four words. However, I am sort of combining honor and respect as one and the same. If you disagree, click on "Contact Me" to the right and let me hear from you….