Good morning, everyone.   Our verse for today comes from Mark 15:14, "Then Pilate said to them, 'Why, what evil has He done?'  But they cried out all the more, 'Crucify Him.'"   A quandary is a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a...

Good morning, brothers and sisters.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 13:16, “So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, ‘Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen.’”   When you speak, the words you choose are critical in communicating exactly...

Good morning, friends.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 13:14-15, “And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down. After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, ‘Brothers, if you...

Good morning, everyone.   Our verse for today comes from Mark 15:30, "Save Yourself, and come down from the cross."   In a valley somewhere in Wyoming, Joe Starrett and his wife and son were trying to make a go of it as homesteaders in the days of the wild...

Good morning, friends.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 13:13, “Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem.”   Yesterday we read this verse and talked about endings -...

Good morning, everyone.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 13:13, “Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem.”   I read through a list the other day of someone’s ranking...

Good morning, brothers and sisters.   Our verse for today comes from Mark 15:24, "And when they crucified Him, they divided His garments, casting lots for them to determine what every man should take."   B-11.  I-20.  N-44.  G-57.  O-72.  B-I-N-G-O!  Who...

Good morning, friends.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 13:12, “Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.”   When I was a young boy, I sometimes would have trouble falling asleep, and...

Good morning, everyone.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 13:11, “’And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time.’ Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking people to...

Good morning, friends.   Our verse for today comes from John 6:15, "Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone."   Several well-known tales have the...