Psalms 110-112, 1 Corinthians 5 • Key Verse: Psalm 112:4 Occasionally I will notice my youngest daughter playing with a flashlight—with my flashlight, to be precise. I’m not being possessive, but when I see her doing that I get concerned. “When you are done,” I say, “be sure to put...

Psalms 107—109,1 Corinthians 4 • Key Verses: 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 My daughter came home from an overnight stay at a friend’s house with a latch hook rug she had made. Her friend’s mother had taught the girls how to do latch hook. The process involved attaching pieces of yarn to...

Psalms 105-106, 1 Corinthians 3 • Key Verse: Psalm 105:4 Your newspaper probably includes a daily advice column, or perhaps two or three. There are the old standbys of Ann Landers and Dear Abby, along with others, some local, some syndicated. Need advice on your car? Listen to Car Talk...

Psalms 103—104, 1 Corinthians 2 • Key Verses: Psalm 103:10-12 “It’s just not fair,” we sometimes say, perhaps not thinking too clearly about what we are saying. If someone is being fair toward us, he is following a standard of what is right and proper, not giving consideration to anything...

Psalms 100—102, 1 Corinthians 1 • Key Verses: Psalm 101:2—3 As we approach December 31 every year, we start to think about making New Year’s, resolutions, some of which we keep well into the next day! Far too often our resolutions are far too short-lived. Some people find it more...

Psalms 97-99, Romans 16 • Key Verse: Romans 16:16 When we hear the word church, if we think only of a building, we miss the point. The word does apply to a church building; in reality the church is people. Actually, if you take the people out of the building,...

Psalms 94-96, Romans 15:14—33 • Key Verses: Psalm 95:1, 6 Do you have a preferred “style” of worship? In some churches only a piano and organ are allowed for accompaniment, and if it isn’t in the hymnal, it isn’t sung. In other churches the drummer sits behind a Plexiglas wall...

Psalms 91-93, Romans 15:1—13 Key Verse: Psalm 91:1 Did you have a secret hideout when you were a child? A place where you could go to feel safe and protected? Mine was in the woods behind our house, beside a bubbling brook. God has a secret place too. It’s called...

Psalms, 89-90, Romans 14 Key Verse: Romans 14:19 Some of the most difficult disagreements are over what is considered right or wrong; The Bible is very clear on some things, but not on others; hence, the disagreements. We call these issues “gray areas.” • How to handle the gray areas...

Psalms 87-88, Romans 13 • Key Verse: Psalm 88:1 The words “and they lived happily ever after” are usually found at the end of fairy tales, We read the last line of the story, sigh at the nice ending, close the book and return to the reality of a world...