Listen to “Living In That Moment” by Fred Smith Raised a Baptist I had no exposure to what I later learned is called the liturgical calendar. We observed Christmas, Easter, [...]
Listen to “The Work of our Hands” by Fred Smith For two summers as a student I took a job in a canning factory. For nine hours every day I stood on a hard concrete floor beside [...]
Listen to “Ancient of Days” by Fred Smith A cardinal rule of teaching is never open with a line that makes it impossible to say anything more about the topic. That’s especially [...]
Listen to “Crossing Over” by Fred Smith The church service before I taught Sunday School was not to my taste. It’s hard for me to believe God finds this edifying. The [...]
Listen to “Keep It Simple” by Fred Smith “Thank God the evangelicals are a single issue bloc of voters. I don’t know what we would do were they not.” My friend, the aspiring [...]
Listen to “One Thing Lacking” by Fred Smith Several times in the New Testament we encounter the surprising notion that the best people are lacking something. The rich young [...]
Today we would likely label Jacob a sociopath:
cunning, deceptive, detached, manipulative and ambitious.
He was often cruel and incapable of being loyal.
He lived by his wits - and was [...]
Listen to “Snakes on a Plain” by Fred Smith There are very few passages in Scripture as graphic and frightening as God’s sending “fiery serpents” in response to the grumbling [...]
Listen to “Enemies in the Land” by Fred Smith Peace is good. War is bad. Right? Not always. In fact, there are times even now when calling for peace is simply appeasement and [...]
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