The text message came out of the blue from someone who rarely contacts me.

The message was brief and made no sense to me.

It had no context to enlighten me, no background to guide me.

But I had a context to test it in. It seemed to plug in just fine. But that led me to wonder if the message had actually been sent to me by mistake, if it had actually been meant for someone else. So though the text plugged into my test context just fine, it left me feeling just otherwise. 😯

“Evil surmisings,” says 1 Timothy 6:4.

“Evil thoughts,” say Mark 7:21 and James 2:4. Continue reading

Bible Conference 2014 -- Hopewell Mennonite Church

One quote each from yesterday morning’s speakers, given in the order in which they were received…

“Be an example even though you are young.” –Andy Roth

“God’s kingdom suffers while my kingdom is built.” –Wayne Miller

“What is more compelling to us than the voice of God?” –Kenley Miller

“God’s Word does things in people’s lives” –John Coblentz

Our conference started Friday evening and ends this evening.