Author Archives: roger

Turn You at my Reproof

In the garden of Eden, Adam was a three-part being — body, soul, and spirit. God made Adam in His own image which was spirit so He could walk and talk with Adam. When Adam sinned, the part of Adam that died was his spirit. He lost his connection with God. God needed someone to… Read More »

A Rod For a Fool’s Back

Proverbs 26:3-5 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. These verses have a lot of… Read More »

Two Mules for Brother Naaman

When Naaman the Syrian was healed of leprosy in the record of 2 Kings chapter 5, he requested of the prophet to be given two mules’ burden of earth.  What an odd request. So why did Naaman request the two mules?  Perplexing question.  Let’s read that part of the record. 2 Kings 5:17 And Naaman… Read More »

Food For Thought

  08/13/1999 By Joseph Sobran AS THE Civil War ended in May 1865, Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, was captured by Union troops. He was put in painful shackles and held in prison for two years, in solitary confinement, on charges of treason and conspiring to kill Abraham Lincoln. Davis was never brought to… Read More »

Peter and the Keys to the Kingdom

There is an interesting record in the gospel of Matthew in the sixteenth chapter.  To read the verse we are interested in, I would like to start in Verse 13 to read it in its context. Matthew 16:13-20 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men… Read More »

The Unjust Steward was Unjust!

The Parable of the Dishonest Manager Luke 16:1-7 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee?… Read More »

Was God Really Married?

The Gospel of John recounts the record of Jesus and The Woman at the Well. John 4:5-20 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat… Read More »

Dwelling in the Secret Place of the Most High

Sharon and I went shopping for food on Thursday, and it was interesting. Everywhere we went people were wearing masks. We live in a time now where some people won’t leave their homes and where police arrested a father and daughter playing catch in a park. The world seems to be filled with fear and… Read More »