My childhood church had a Good Friday tradition of holding a special service at noon on the seven last words of Jesus. Since it was a downtown church, business people from the surrounding offices attended the service. Traditionally called the seven last words of Jesus, they’re actually the seven last […]
Herb Reese
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“Bless you!” Someone sneezes in a public place and suddenly someone else, often a total stranger, blurts out that wish. Some have attributed the tradition to Pope Gregory I, who reportedly ordered everyone to say “God bless you” after someone sneezed in order to stem the spread of the plague. […]
I chuckle to myself when I hear men’s ministry leaders – and any spiritual leader for that matter – tell men that if they’re going to grow in their walk with the Lord then they need to read their Bibles every day. The reason I find that amusing is because […]
“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:35 “Helen” told us she couldn’t wait to load her visiting relatives from out of town into her car and drive them by our church. She said when she passed by, she rolled down […]
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It […]
A major recurring theme in American history is it’s struggle with race relations. From slavery to the Civil War to Jim Crow to segregation to race riots to Martin Luther King to busing to President Barak Obama to Black Lives Matter, it’s been a long and bumpy road with […]
Scripture warns us about many things, such as being lazy, offering yourself as surety for a person taking out a loan, partaking of communion in an unworthy manner, and many other things. But there are some warnings that stand out as more important than others, such as do not fear […]
And the Lord saith unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord? (Exodus 4:11) “Mom, why did God make me this way?” Glenn, my oldest brother by eighteen years, was severely mentally handicapped. […]
Everything about our Christian faith points us in one direction: to do good. “We are His workmanship,” Paul writes in Ephesians 2:10, “created in Christ Jesus for good works; which God has prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” (Emphasis mine.) The simple reality is that wherever genuine believers […]
“So, Herb, what do you want to do with the rest of your life?” It was working. It took six months, but my zip code evangelism strategy (go to the same people in the same places in the same area all the time) was working. I’m a creature of habit. […]