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Triumphal Entry This was the shout of the throngs as Jesus entered Jerusalem or His last week of public ministry. Even though the multitudes were shouting His adoration, these were the same throngs that would be calling for His crucifixion just a few days later. Nevertheless, as they welcomed Him into Jerusalem that day, spreading … Continue reading “Hosanna”

Home on the Range (Sing to the tune of “Home on the Range”) Oh, give me a bed, just a hospital bed and let me sleep all through the night. Whatever you do, please don’t wake me at two, let me sleep til the dawn’s early light. First Chorus: Sleep, glorious sleep, don’t wake me … Continue reading “Hospital”

Resource •      John R. W. Stott, The Preacher’s Portrait, Some New Testament Word Studies, (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publ. Co., 1961), pp. 33ff

Resource •      What the Bible Teaches About the Church, J. Balchin, Tyndale, p. 38.

The Eagle While walking through the forest one day, a man found a young eagle who had fallen out of his nest. He took it home and put it in his barnyard where it soon learned to eat and behave like the chickens. One day a naturalist passed by the farm and asked why it … Continue reading “Heritage”

Imposing on the Text We cannot arrive at a true understanding of God’s Word by detaching texts from their contexts to find personal meaning in them and be feeding them into the world of our private preoccupations and letting that world impose new senses on old phrases. A theological student whom later I knew as … Continue reading “Hermeneutics”

Importance of Heroes Americans are living in a post-heroic age, where young adults are much less likely than their parents to have national role models. A survey by Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University shows that 60 percent of adults have no heroes. Of those who do have heroes, most said their heroes are … Continue reading “Hero”

Abraham Lincoln In the early years of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln became so angered at the inactivity of Union commander George McClellan that the president wrote his commanding general this one-sentence letter: “If you don’t want to use the army, I should like to borrow it for a while. Respectfully, A. Lincoln.” Today in … Continue reading “Hesitation”

Joe Louis Joe Louis was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 until he retired in 1949. In 1946 Louis prepared to defend his title against a skilled fighter named Billy Conn. Louis was warned to watch out for Conn’s great speed and his tactic of darting in to attack and then moving quickly out … Continue reading “Hide”

Hubble Space Telescope A colleague of mine at NASA was assigned to prepare a presentation on lessons learned from our bad experiences with the Hubble Space Telescope. On his chart at the briefing, lesson No. 1 read: “In naming your mission, never us a word that rhymes with trouble.” Reader’s Digest, March, 1993, p. 128