I Samuel 24:16-22 In the Christian catacombs of Rome, the following story (retold inModern English) was found: “A rich man named Proculus had hundreds of slaves. Theslave named Paulus was so trustworthy that Proculusmade him the steward over his whole household. Oneday Proculus took Paulus with him to the slave market tobuy some new workers.…

Genesis 6-8 Happy Father’s Day to all the dads.In honor of our dad’s I thought I would share a fewdad jokes about dads. What did Dad say about the lawn mower race?“It was cutting-edge competition!” What do you call a Dad who tells the same joketwice?Consistent. Classic. Committed. Why did Dad get kicked out of…

I Samuel 24:1-15 When a Michigan deer hunter found a 100-poundbuck struggling to get out of a mud-bog in which itwas hopelessly stuck, the hunter couldn’t bringhimself to squeeze the trigger. Instead, he and hishunting partner snared the animal with a rope andpulled it out of the mud. The deer then bolted tofreedom. The hunter…

I Samuel 23:1-29 When David Livingstone, the missionary pioneer,was working in Africa, some friends wrote: “Wewould like to send other men to you. Have youfound a good road into your area yet?” Livingstone wrote back: “If you have men who willonly come if they know there is a good road, I don’twant them. I want…

I Samuel 22:6-23 A farmer is showing off his new invention to hisfriends: a pig with a wooden leg. “Why does the pig have a wooden leg?” one friendasks. “Well,” the farmer replies, “this pig is special. Onenight, my house caught fire, and the pig draggedme to safety. He saved my life!” “Wow, that’s amazing!…

I Samuel 22:1-5 A Gold DoorstopIn 1799, Conrad Reed discovered a seventeen-pound rock while fishing in Little Meadow Creek. Not knowing what it was made of, his family used it as a doorstop for three years.In 1802, his father, John Reed, took it to a jeweler who identified it as a lump of gold worth…

Ruth 1-4 For her special day Janet received an expensivetube of Retin-A from her two teenage daughters.When she shared about her gift at a luncheon withfriends, they were all impressed that her girls wereresourceful enough to finagle a prescriptionmedication to help diminish wrinkles.Realizing this was such a unique gift, the ladieswere curious as to what…

I Samuel 21:1-15 This morning we are going to turn our attention back toDavid. When we last discussed David he had been warned byJonathan that his father Saul was indeed still seeking tokill him. Saul had already attempted to stab David withhis spear three times, and after some plotting byJonathan, it was found out that…

I Corinthians 15:1-11; Matthew 27:35, 45-50; John 19:38-42; Luke 24:1-12 Easter is much more than a story to be told once a year.Easter is the Gospel message. And it should be told overand over and over again. Paul gives a wonderful definition of the gospel in his firstletter to the church at Corinth. I Corinthians…