Mixed values

Finally, they entered the region of Zuph, and Saul said to his servant, “Let’s go home. By now my father will be more worried about us than about the donkeys!” 1 Samuel 9:5 NLT It’s not used so much now, but one of the definitions of the word ‘dear’ is expensive. Nowadays it is used…

Ignorance is miss

If you ignore criticism, you will end in poverty and disgrace; if you accept correction, you will be honoured. Proverbs 13:18 NLT Whenever I discover by myself that I am doing something wrong or the wrong way, I correct it. I simply treat it as an adjustment to my ways. However, when someone else points…

Good King, bad king

“This is how a king will reign over you,” Samuel said. “The king will draft your sons and assign them to his chariots and his charioteers, making them run before his chariots.” 1 Samuel 8:11 NLT Too often, I put something over my relationship with God. Other things become more important and take precedence over…

Splinters

Similarly, a family splintered by feuding will fall apart. Mark 3:25 NLT So much of the world is in turmoil today because of sectarian or tribal strife. Such strife wrought havoc in Europe during and after the Reformation and I saw so much trouble in my childhood and youth, just because of Protestant and Catholic…