The Language of Barking
“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath” (James 1:19)
What Amiga Cannot See
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” (Genesis 1:1)
The Skill of Listening
“Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end” (Proverbs 19:20)
The Harshness of Love
“He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy” (Proverbs 29:1)
Remember to Look Up
“Behold, the judge standeth before the door” (James 5:9)
The Profile of a Hypocrite
“Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things” (Romans 2:1)
Pepper’s Dilemma
“The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself” (Proverbs 11:25)
Pepper’s Philosophy
“I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not” (3 John 1:9)
In from the Cold
“When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, they that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance” (Mark 2:17)
Common Ground
“And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth” (Acts 17:26)
Middle Ground
“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live” (Deuteronomy 30:19)
High Ground
“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves” (Philippians 2:3)
Wooing the Wrathful
“A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother” (Proverbs 18:24)
The Careless Are Crushed
“And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder” (Matthew 21:44)
Discerning the Danger
“For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them” (1 Thessalonians 5:3).
Protecting the Innocent
“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again” (Luke 6:38).
Cost-Benefit Ratio
“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again” (Luke 6:38).
Reactionary or Responsive
“If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them” (John 13:17)
Smokey
“For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly” (Psalm 84:11).
Driven to Trust
“Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him” (Job 13:15)
Stretching Sam
“O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is” (Psalm 63:1)
The Blame Game
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true . . . honest . . . just . . . pure . . . lovely . . . of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things” (Philippians 4:8)
Drover in Death
“All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds” (1 Corinthians 15:39)
Pets on the Porch
“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom” (Psalm 90:12)
What Is Your God?
“But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him” (1 Corinthians 8:6a)
Undeserving Drover
“So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do” (Luke 17:10)
Drover’s Dermis
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears” (2 Timothy 4:3)
Drover’s Discomfort
“For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them” (Luke 9:56)
Derelict Drove
“I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence” (Isaiah 62:6)
Moses and the Marauder
“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4)
