Category: Religion

Riding the stagecoach together

Dr. Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Sun Lakes The great 18th century evangelist George Whitefield once stepped into a stagecoach about to leave Edinburgh. A lady who belonged to a different church denomination happened to step into the same coach. She saw Whitefield and became alarmed, saying, “Are you not Mr. Whitefield?” He…

A simple answer

  Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. Recently, I read a very interesting essay titled “An Interview with God.” The author is unknown, but I believe it could have been written by any of us. “Come in,” God said. “So you would like to interview me?” “If you have the time,” I said. God smiled and said:…

The dog days of summer

  Pastor Mitch McDonald We often hear about the “dog days” of summer, but few know what the expression means. Some say that it signifies hot, sultry days “not fit for a dog;” others suggest it’s the weather in which dogs go mad. The dog days of summer describes the most oppressive period of summer,…