Tag Archives: wisdom

A New Year—A New Set of Resolutions

Posted on January 1, 2014 by parklinscomb

Well, Happy New Year! I trust that things have gotten off on the right foot for you—so far. While we’re thinking about new starts, new years, new beginnings, let me once again nudge you about a new blog I’ve started … Continue reading →

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Authentic Humility

Posted on December 6, 2013 by parklinscomb

Humility is a sneered-at word. Who wants to be humble? It is equated with weakness, being a victim, and impotency. Pride, on the other hand, is envied, vaunted, and promoted. Why? Possibly because we’ve often misunderstood what humility is. This … Continue reading →

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A Ruined Trip

Posted on November 8, 2013 by parklinscomb

Mark 15:21 “They *pressed into service a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to bear His cross.” Jews were supposed to attend three feasts in Jerusalem yearly. For those living in Palestine … Continue reading →

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Just Say…Jesus

Posted on October 24, 2013 by parklinscomb

Former first lady, Nancy reagan, in her efforts to stop drug usage among young people was asked what to say to kids to help them to stay away from them. Her response was to tell them to “Just say no!” … Continue reading →

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The Two Sides of Kindness

Posted on September 28, 2013 by parklinscomb

Kindness is not a topic that you are likely read too many posts about. It seems just sort of—well, bland. “Yeah, yeah, practice random acts of kindness, blah, blah, blah.” But for Christians it is a rather important virtue to … Continue reading →

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The Green Beans of the Christian Life

Posted on September 2, 2013 by parklinscomb

I was amazed many years ago to find out what Weight Watchers at the time was suggesting for a diet. Green beans! Tons of them! “How in the world could that be good for a diet? Is there some special … Continue reading →

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Looking for a Silver Lining

Posted on August 1, 2013 by parklinscomb

A couple of weeks ago I came to the church office to find that we’d been burglarized. It was mostly computers that were stolen; thankfully, the thieves left us our external hard drives. Nevertheless, the following week or so has … Continue reading →

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Standing for 1st Century Christianity in the 21st Century — #3

Posted on July 30, 2013 by parklinscomb

We may complain a lot about trying to live a 1st century Christian life in the 21st century—there are so many new temptations that we have to contend with, so many cultural differences, so many challenges that we believe the … Continue reading →

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The Marriage Covenant

Posted on June 14, 2013 by parklinscomb

I’ve heard people joke about it before, but never really heard anyone speak about it seriously. Yet, there it was on the radio being seriously discussed like it was a desirable, workable possibility—contractual time limits for marriage, an end point … Continue reading →

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Fear of the Lord

Posted on April 7, 2013 by parklinscomb

Many of our contemporary world might congratulate themselves because they don’t fear the Lord. Thinking themselves quite “evolved” and grown-up enough to either no longer need fear as a motivation for doing the right thing or (much worse) thinking that … Continue reading →

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