Spit wads and Covenants
by: Roger Oliver When I was in junior high school in the 7th grade my home room teacher was Mr. Oswald. He was a thin man with a mustache and usually dressed in professorial tweed. He was jovial but serious; at least we took him seriously. He was not to be trifled with. Our math […]
De Piñatas y Reyes Parte V Roboán – Hijo Consentido
El Rey Roboán, hijo consentido 1 Reyes 12, 2 Crónicas 10-12 Por: Roger Oliver Hay personas que nunca maduran. En nuestros tiempos sufrimos del padecimiento de la adolescencia perpetua. Los hombres no maduran, siguen viviendo con sus papás años después de que antes era normal ya haber formado una familia y estar trabajando para sostenerse. […]
Mexico. What’s a Missionary to Do?
April 2000 we crossed the border into Mexico for the first time as missionaries. It was an intimidating experience, partly because it was unfamiliar but even more because of the reputation of the border agents as corrupt, capricious and unpredictable. To make matters worse, it was raining, one of those occasional desert cloud bursts that […]
Principios Bíblicos de la Fe Cristiana
Durante un retiro en Valsequillo, Puebla, tuve la oportunidad de charlar con un grupo de México sobre los principios básicos de la fe cristiana, al terminar, me pidieron si podía darles una copia de los principios, así que decidí compartirlos aquí en el sitio. Para acceder al archivo en pdf da click en el siguiente […]
De Piñatas y Reyes Parte IV Salomón el Sabio
El Rey Salomón, el rey sabio…¿tal vez no tanto? 1 Reyes 1-11, 2 Crónicas 1-10 Estamos estudiando la guerra espiritual por medio de un estudio de los reyes del linaje real de David. Aprendimos que la guerra espiritual no está desconectada con la vida cotidiana aquí en la tierra en la carne. Lo que sucede […]
Do You Know What Your Child is Reading?
Recently I discovered one of our junior high boys reading Albert Camus’, The Stranger. Camus was an existentialist although he claimed not to be and was surprised that people associated him with the existentialism of Sartre. Look him up in Wikipedia. The article there says Camus contributed to a philosophy known as absurdism. Absurd is […]
