When to nap like Rip Van Winkle

1. Previously, I mentioned a course in napping. Included in the proposed syllabus: When to nap like Rip Van Winkle. This might be one of those times.

2. As good a gospel summary as I’ve ever read, by David Binkley: “You can have eternal life by doing the will of God!”

3. Took a song totally dedicated to a false doctrine and turned it into a hymn to Christ as mediator. Sing truth, and only truth.

4. Isaiah 19 brings Assyria and Egypt together from opposite ends of the world. Only Christ can do that, and he does.

5. I like having a program or list of what is to happen in a congregation’s meeting. Do the brethren find it stifling?

6. An original verse: The world requires we fit its carnal mold, / And meekly give ourselves to be controlled.

7. A Bible verse: “The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.” Psalm 138.8 ESV.