The Tough Side of Compassion: “The Taming of the Shrew” – Zechariah 12-14
Sometime between 1590 and 1594, William Shakespeare wrote a comedy called “The Taming of the Shrew”. The play begins with a drunken tinker named Sly , who is tricked into thinking he is a nobleman by a mischievous Lord. That same Lord commissions a play …
Read MoreLife in Plan B: The Long Arm of the Lord – Zechariah 12
John trained in the most elite assault squad the black ops personnel had ever assembled. The team was ready to go anywhere, at the behest of the President of the United States. He never knew what was next, and he never talked about what was …
Read MoreLife in the Plan B Zone: “No Way Out” – Zechariah 11
Scott and Ellen were in Port-au-Prince awaiting the arrival of a mission team from the US and Canada. They arrived a few days ahead to set up some of the arrangements. Scott was from Southern California, and with the first sign of the tremors of …
Read MoreLife in the Plan B Zone: “Dead End” – Zechariah 10
By now you have all heard that we are again experiencing a “sink hole” problem in Central Florida. Our main road north is closed because it dropped into the earth. As I was making my way north, I found that I needed to provide an …
Read MoreLife in the Plan B Zone: “The Other End of the Seesaw” – Zechariah 9
I think it happened in Kindergarten, but I can’t honestly remember. I remember we were at my dad’s company picnic, a big event put on by Mobil Oil for their employees and families. A kid I knew from school asked me if I wanted to …
Read MoreLife in the Plan B Zone: “Ten Truths to Turn Weeping to Joy” – Zechariah 7:1- 8:23
He sat in the jail cell, with his head down, his face was planted in his two worn, massive hands. “How could I have done those things?” he wept. “I was not an angry man. I was not a bad man. Yet, when they showed …
Read MoreSatan’s Tactics: Unhooking the Weapon of Guilt – Zechariah 3
The enemies of God’s plan for His people are the world, the flesh and the Devil. All are very real and all take a toll on our lives. We must become aware of each, walk in obedience of heart, and accept the aid of God …
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