Good morning, everyone.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 9:28, “So he went in and out among them at Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord.”   A long time ago, somewhere in the 23rd century, a man uttered this now famous little speech:...

Good morning, friends.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 9:26, “And when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple.”   Mel Gibson portrays the Scottish...

Good morning, everyone.   Our verse for today comes from Mark 16:15, "And He said to them, 'Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.'"   The beginning of each episode of the late 1960's television show Mission: Impossible is known for...

Good morning, everyone.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 9:25, “Then the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall in a large basket.”   The Shawshank Redemption is a prison movie. Therefore, it should come as a surprise to no one...

Good morning, friends.   Our verse for today comes from Mark 8:17-18, "Why do you reason because you have no bread?  Do you not yet perceive nor understand?  Is your heart still hardened?  Having eyes, do you not see?  And having ears, do you not hear?  And do...

Good morning, everyone.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 9:24, “But their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him.”   Please tell me you have seen The Sound of Music at least twenty times. Three hours...

Good morning, brothers and sisters.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 9:23, “When many days had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him.”   In a M*A*S*H episode, an Army intelligence officer was wounded and brought to the 4077th hospital for surgery Major...

Good morning, friends.   Our verse for today comes from Mark 13:5, "And Jesus began to say to them, 'See that no one leads you astray.'"   In an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the character Data is sent to a pre-Industrial planet to recover the...

Good morning, everyone.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 9:21, “Then all who heard were amazed, and said, ‘Is this not he who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem, and has come here for that purpose, so that he might bring them bound to the...

Good morning, friends.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 9:20, “And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, ‘He is the Son of God.’”   Three is a pretty common number. Our childhood fairy tales were full of threes - Little Pigs, Blind...