Author: pjhmail

  • A Christian Movie Last Night

    Good morning, Pastor John, I wanted to tell you about an experience I had last night.  I was tired from a busy weekend, so last night I thought I would sit down…

  • Honoring Parents

    I was translating Proverbs 19 tonight and came across these verses in Proverbs.  This is my translation: He who mistreats his father and drives his mother away causes shame and humiliation. My son, stop…

  • God’s Judgments

    Good morning John, I know that this may seem like a very simple question, but can you explain what God’s judgments are.  I can assume that they are decisions on life matters…

  • Hilkiah the Priest and the Book

    Pastor John, I was thinking this morning about the priest Hilkiah – how he found the forgotten book of God’s law during the temple’s restoration.  In his effort to obey God, king Josiah…

  • Isa 58:7 Hiding Yourself

    I was surprised some by your answer to Lyn* that to hide ourselves from one another is to not be each other’s keeper. I didn’t think of hiding as not looking out…

  • Water / Lesson

    Hi, Pastor John. Last Saturday, as you know, we suddenly had no water.  I put it on Signal where Judy and I had a host of family calling and texting us; too…

  • Isaiah 58:7

    Good morning John, The Blog on Isaiah 58 blessed me yesterday.  That and today’s Random Thought (9/22) on “Preparing Your Heart” both mention the scriptures in Isaiah 58 on the true fast.   In…

  • Healthy, Nutritious Food

    Pastor John, Yesterday Beth and I were talking about how blessed we are.  We have been given, at any hour, any day, for whatever situation, a smorgasbord of wonderful healthy nutritious food…

  • Treasure Reproof

    Pastor John, I’ve been translating Proverbs to get it ready to go over together, and I had a verse that struck me last night. Proverbs 15:10 Correction seems malignant to him who leaves the…

  • A Pampered Generation

    John, I have been listening to your teaching in Matthew labeled “A Pampered Generation”. For two weeks now, while working under houses, this teaching has been in my ears.  There are times…