This teaching is a highly personalized account—a small part of my complete life story—sharing with you about how Jesus and Holy Spirit graciously gave me a second birth and first “called” and “commissioned” me to be a teacher of the Bible and related subjects, and how throughout my lifetime Jesus has equipped me to teach.Continue reading “The Christian Teacher”
Category Archives: General Information About the Bible
Shang Ti and Sinim
During my childhood years, my family lived in one of the three “Atomic Cities” in the United States during World War II. It was a lazy summer afternoon in one of those cities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. I was 5 or 6 years old, digging a hole in our back yard with a little shovel, asContinue reading “Shang Ti and Sinim”
Druids, Celts, and Jesus
Here’s a story about God and the Celts that’s been passed down by word-of-mouth for centuries. Is the story fictional or true! You decide… “Clouds boiled up to cover the sky and the sound of a mighty wind filled all the world. And though it was bright midday, the heavens grew dark as twilight afterContinue reading “Druids, Celts, and Jesus”
City of Mystery
Allegory: noun. “a story used for teaching, in which people, things, and happenings have a hidden or symbolic meaning.” In a faraway land laden with abundant peace and joy, and cloaked in wondrous mystery, a fair and lovely city nestles serenely and securely among the foothills of a nearby high and lofty mountain. This cityContinue reading “City of Mystery”
Angel Visit
NOTE: Recently, the following report appeared on my home-office FAX machine. Obviously, it appeared there by mistake; we have been unable to trace its source, and our FAX machine was not malfunctioning at the time. Doubtless the mysterious report was not intended for human eyes, but because of its startling contents, I am reproducing itContinue reading “Angel Visit”
Acres of Diamonds
The year was 1870. In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Russell Conwell, pastor of Grace Baptist Church, presented a lecture he titled “Acres of Diamonds.” It struck a responsive chord in the hearts of his audience, and in years to come he presented the same lecture over 6,000 more times in scores of different settings, ranging from smallContinue reading “Acres of Diamonds”
My Visit To Heaven
This is not one of my teachings. Its an “advertisement” for one of my books. On March 6, 2018, I was invited to visit Heaven. I wrote about that in a book titled Heaven: Our Home Sweet Homeland. You can purchase my book at amazon.com as an e-book, or in softcover, or hardcover. Here’s what God asked me to writeContinue reading “My Visit To Heaven”
Speak the Word
An old song contains these insightful words which still ring very true more than 200 years since they were written: “Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life!Let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life!” A reference in the biblical Book of Proverbs proclaims: “Death and life are in theContinue reading “Speak the Word”
The Harness of the Lord
God continues to do all that is necessary to bring his children into absolute conformity to his perfect will. After all, haven’t his children prayed for centuries for his will to be done on earth as it is in heaven? Yes, this is a glorious time in which he is working in the Church asContinue reading “The Harness of the Lord”
God’s Bread Recipe
Before I share God’s recipe with you, please read these paraphrased words of Jesus from chapter 6 of John’s Gospel: “I am the Bread of LIFE. If you come to Me and trust Me you will never be hungry or thirsty again. All whom my Father givesContinue reading “God’s Bread Recipe”
