There is a strategy of investigative inquiry that turns one question into another question. Sometimes it drives me crazy! Like when you ask someone what they think about your new coat and they simply respond – “What do you think?” Jesus used this tactic frequently. In Matthew 16:13-20 Jesus was …
A merry heart is like a medicine It’s soothing for your sadness, gives you joy; So lift your voice and let your spirit soar True happiness is yours without alloy. — Hess Last Saturday’s Annual meeting at Riverside brought to my memory an article I wrote in 2006 after I …
I may be dating myself here, but have you ever heard the old saying “You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear?” The meaning is somewhat self explanatory but let me explain what I am getting at with this analysis. A sow or pig’s ear is all …
HEAVEN is a place of complete victory and glorious triumph. This is the battlefield; there is the triumphal procession. This is the land of the sword and the spear; that is the land of the wreath and the crown. This is the land of the garment rolled in blood and …
