Author Archives: Timothy

Guest Parking

A few years ago, there was a story on the radio news about a Baptist church that had a problem. It was with the Methodists down the street. Some Baptists were unable to find a space in their own parking lot because members of the nearby Methodist church, which met earlier than the Baptists, got… Read More »

Wise Marriage Quotes

Too many couples marry for better, or for worse, but not for good. If a man has enough horse sense to treat his wife like a thoroughbred, she will never turn into an old nag. When a man marries a woman, they become one; but the trouble starts when they try to decide which one.… Read More »

A Mule Story

A Tennessee farmer had a wife who nagged him unmercifully from morning till night (and sometimes later), she was always complaining about something. The only time he got any relief was when he was out plowing with his old mule. So he tried to plow a lot. One day, when he was out plowing, his… Read More »

Atheist Statement of Faith

On the Upper West Side lived a man who was a very militant atheist but he sent his son to Trinity School because, despite its Christian roots, it was a great school. After a month, the boy comes home and says casually, “By the way Dad, do you know what Trinity means? It means the… Read More »

Cremation

Please help me. I have questions about cremation. I have found nowhere in scripture where it is to be done. Thank you so much. Loretta Morgan I don’t to find it anywhere myself Loretta! If you’re worried that if we cremate our bodies when we die, we won’t be resurrected into a glorified body. That’s… Read More »

Babies and Heaven

Do babies go to heaven? And what are your scriptural backups on the subject? Josh Lamb Yes Josh, babies go to heaven. Here’s the first scriptural evidence. In 2nd Samuel, we see where king David’s newborn son had died, and while the child was dying, David was fasting and praying to God for his child.… Read More »

Choices

Do you realize that your Christian life is a series of choices, and that reading Gods Word, and living your spiritual life is a discipline? It’s a progression of the following stages: Accepting the Lord Jesus Christ as your “personal” Savior. Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and… Read More »

The Lords Supper

Please explain the Lords supper. H.R.Copen This is a commandment of the Lord Jesus Christ! We’re to do this in remembrance of Him, least we forget! This is symbol of the death, & burial of our Savior for our sins. Doing this in the Spirit will “keep” us in remembrance of the great sacrifice! “This… Read More »

The Catholic Mess

I am a former Catholic, having left the Catholic Church about three years ago. I left the Catholic Church because I found that many Catholic teachings had no basis in scripture (for example: penance, purgatory, indulgences, veneration of Mary, prayers to the dead, prayers for the dead, etc.) I came to realize that I was… Read More »

The Lonesome Dove

For the past couple of years, my wife Connie and I have seen a lone dove hanging around our farm. We can’t be sure but, we remember there being a couple the year or two before. Then one day all we saw was the single dove. These were Mourning Doves or Zenaida Macroura, and they… Read More »