runt: 1. smallest animal: an animal that is considerably smaller than others of the same kind, especially the smallest or weakest animal in a litter 2. offensive term: an offensive term that deliberately insults somebody’s stature as short or physical strength as lacking  Most of you are familiar with the term “runt of the litter.”  It refers… Continue reading

“Teenagers who can shoot and kill a man out of summertime boredom are moral barbarians, dead souls. But who created these monsters? Where did they come from? Surely one explanation lies in the fact that the old conscience-forming and character-forming institutions — home, church, school, and a moral and healthy culture fortifying basic truths —… Continue reading

Livingstone, Zambia, is named after the famed explorer and medical missionary David Livingstone. You can find the body of Dr. Livingstone buried in Westminster Abbey, but you will find his heart buried near the site where he died in Zambia. It is fitting that his heart remained in the place where he invested his heart.… Continue reading

This past Sunday our church considered Jesus’ view of the masses who came to Him. We are not told what the disciples saw when they witnessed people flocking to Jesus. Perhaps they believed they had hit the big time! They may have congratulated themselves on hooking their wagon to a rising star. Whatever they saw,… Continue reading

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. (Psalm 46:1-3) Fear is common to us all. Perhaps the greatest of our fears is the fear of the unknown. We… Continue reading

2 Corinthians 1:3-7 — Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. For just as we share abundantly in… Continue reading

The northern kingdom of Israel was in big trouble. Both the people and their leaders were corrupt. They gave lip service to God while living as if He didn’t exist or at least didn’t care. They had been called to repent time and time again, but they steadfastly refused. The prophet Hosea was one of… Continue reading

The knock at the door was soft but certain. I thought I could make it out above the sound of the news anchor on TV. As I diverted my eyes from the screen, I could see the dark form of someone through the door’s cut glass. “Must be another Jehovah’s Witness with literature in hand… Continue reading