Memory is reserved for the human family. While it is true that animals--even plants--have a sort of memory, it is not of the moral sort. Human memory is the foundation for all learning. Learning is basically piling new information on top of memory. We become quickly disquieted when we can’t remember something or especially when a loved one has lost the faculty for recalling things. Memory loss is the sign of serious problems.
Moral decisions are the product of a good moral memory (II Pet.…
Study and Practice There are very few areas of expertise achieved by men apart from diligent study and practice. Olympic athletes and other individuals considered to be at the peak of physical human ability are not born that way. They … Read More
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Seed Rejecting Soil A lady from the local area recently called to request that she and her husband’s address be removed from our House-to-House, Heart-to-Heart mailing list. She explained how they currently had three trash bags that needed to be … Read More
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Botham Jean Justice —Now what? Now that Amber Guyger has been found guilty of murder, what will be the church’s reaction? I had the pleasure of meeting Botham Jean’s family recently at the Annual Caribbean Lectureship. In fact, Botham’s father … Read More
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Hezekiah and His Prayer not to Die Many know of that time when the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah who was seriously ill. The message was simple. Isaiah told the king that he was to die. “Set your house … Read More
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Raising Hands One frequently sees people raise one or both hands while singing, listening to preaching/teaching, etc., in denominations today. Could this practice be related to “raising holy hands” in the Bible? No, for several reasons. First, “lifting up holy … Read More
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Joseph, with a little help from his father, caused jealously with his brothers. Bragging about his dreams, which placed him over his older brothers, caused the brothers to sell him to Egypt as a slave. Joseph broke…
“The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father…
