By Norman E. Sewell Perhaps it’s just that I’m getting older, but life truly seems to get busier every year. My children are grown and on their own so if my life is busy, then the lives of those with children at home and in school must really be chaotic. There is so much to do …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Lessons From An American Hero
By Kenneth D. Sits Do you think there is an American alive who has not yet heard of our newest national hero? Of course, I am talking about the small framed, 18 year-old Olympic gymnast named Kerri Strug. Her name has been “vaulted” to Olympic immortality with her gutsy performance in the women’s team competition last …
The Implications of Esther
By Steven Brownfield At first glance, Esther appears to be a thoroughly secular work, unconcerned with spiritual things. It tells the intriguing story of how the exiled Jews avoided annihilation through the courage and tact of the Persian queen, who was herself secretly a Jew. In ages past, many of the Jewish Rabbis refused to accept …
He Came By Night
By J.L. McKinley For centuries the character of Nicodemus has endured much criticism. He’s been referred to as a coward because he chose to come to the Lord at night. I believe this is an unfair assessment of the situation. Nicodemus may have had reasonable motives for his visit with the Lord under such conditions. When …