Monthly Archives: August 2024

Quick Thought – Thursday, August 22, 2024: Who Is the Greatest?

Posted on August 22, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

Read Luke 22:24-30 But not so with you. Rather, let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves. Luke 22:26 Reflect There is a very short list of people who would be considered … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Wednesday, August 21, 2024: Who Has Your Ear?

Posted on August 21, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

Read 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. 1 Corinthians 2:12 Reflect My daughter is a licensed hairdresser. … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Tuesday, August 20, 2024: Home Sweet Home

Posted on August 20, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

Read 1 Peter 2:1-12 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. 1 Peter 2:11 Reflect A fugitive is someone who is running away from home. A vagabond is someone who … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Monday, August 19, 2024: Subjective Truth

Posted on August 19, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

Read John 14:1-11 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 Reflect One year when I lived in Atlanta I volunteered to help the political campaign of … Continue reading →

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Raygun cries, Peacock Hides, But the Truth is in Plain Sight

Posted on August 18, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

I never like to pile on. If someone is truly getting beaten up, I prefer to be the one who makes peace and calms the situation down. However, I’m a journalist at heart, so if anyone is gaming the system, … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Sunday, August 18, 2024: What About Dinosaurs?

Posted on August 18, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

Read Genesis 1:1-31 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Saturday, August 17, 2024: Unto the Least of These

Posted on August 17, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

Read Matthew 25:31-46 “And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’” Matthew 25:40 Reflect David Menasche loved teaching English. … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Friday, August 16, 2024: Hidden in Plain Sight

Posted on August 16, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

Read John 21:15-25 Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. John 21:25 Reflect James Smithson lived … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Thursday, August 15, 2024: Crossing the Goal Line

Posted on August 15, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

Read 2 Timothy 4:1-8 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 Reflect As a fan of the Florida Gators, I always love a good story that pokes a … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Wednesday, August 14, 2024: Pharisee, Saducee or Hopeful?

Posted on August 14, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

Read Acts 22:30 – 23:11 And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees … Continue reading →

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