4+ hour, 30+ min ago  (1450+ words) " The primary builder of modern Dubai, Sheik Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1912-1990), was asked about the future of his country, and he replied, "My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I ride a Mercedes" my son rides…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (407+ words) " (continued) "Believe in me," said Jesus, though there is a problem. This is a nice story, but can we believe it? 2,000 years is a long time ago, and the whole thing is pretty unscientific. Eternal life is a nice hope;…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (427+ words) " Then, just like all other lives, Jefferson's life came to an end; and it ended in old age, illness, despair, and debt. Everything he had accumulated had to be auctioned off to pay his many creditors. This included Jefferson's many…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (198+ words) " "Above painting:" The Crucifixion, Paolo Veronese, 1580 Luke 23:33 " "When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals" one on his right, the other on his left. Luke 23:44-46 " "It was now about the sixth…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1316+ words) " " "(continued) "When you want to get someone to do what you want them to do, you can try and find ways to get power over them. "But that is not the only way. "You can also use "authority." "There is…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (620+ words) " " "Todd and Maggie had a big fight and broke up. "Todd, as always, had not been treating her very well, and Maggie told him she wanted to call it quits. "Todd wanted to get back together, but he wasn't about…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (216+ words) Painting above:" The Message of Pilate's Wife by "James Jacques Tissot "(1836-1902) While Pilate was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him this message: "Do not have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (902+ words) " A while back I came across a nice little illustration of the grace of God. The writer referred to it as an old familiar illustration, but I had never heard it before, and maybe you haven't either. (This is an…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (516+ words) Funeral for Ora Casdorph, March 31, 1997, Stover, Missouri: " " "This is a difficult sermon for me to preach, difficult because I did not know Mr. Casdorph well at all." I visited him a few times at the request of his sister, my…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (644+ words) " Speaking of the Dead is a book of funeral sermons by Lutheran pastor Russell Saltzman. In the following two sermons from that book, he describes the importance of those two old friends to two men he visited. (American Lutheran Publicity…...