God's Glory Church

“Bear with one another, and forgive.” — Colossians 3:13 Eighty years in marriage! On May 31, 2021, Pat and Ruth, my husband’s great-grandparents, celebrated this milestone. After a chance meeting in 1941, when Ruth was still in college, the young people fell in love so much that they married the day after graduation. Pat and (…)

“Love… is like… the heat of fire, it is a flame.” — Song of Songs 8:6 Poet, artist and printer William Blake enjoyed forty-five years of marriage to his wife Catherine. From their wedding day until his death in 1827, they always worked together. Catherine added colors to William’s sketches. Their zeal persisted despite years (…)

“And I say to you: Love your enemies.” — Matthew 5:44 “I know what they’re saying. And I’m telling you…” As a child, I heard this phrase from my mother a thousand times. The context has always been peer pressure. She tried to teach me not to follow the crowd. I am no longer a (…)

“Thus says the Lord God: Repent, and turn away from your idols, and turn away your faces from all your abominations!” — Ezekiel 14:6 “Do you see that, Brother Tim?” A friend of mine, a Ghanaian pastor, shined a torch on a carved object standing near the dugout. “This is the idol of the village,” (…)

“Do not weep! Here is the Lion who from the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has won.” — Revelation 5:5 For more than six decades, news reporter Paul Harvey has been a familiar voice on American radio. Six days a week, he spoke in a colorful voice: “You know the news, and in (…)

“[Jonathan] was upset for David because his father had wronged him.” — 1 Samuel 20:34 The English poet William Cooper (1731–1800) found a friend in the person of pastor John Newton (1725–1807), a former slave trader. Cooper suffered from depression and attempted suicide several times. Newton visited him periodically, and they walked for a long (…)

“Let love not be hypocritical; hate evil and cling to good!” — Romans 12:9 When we park our car near a wasteland and walk home through it, we almost always bring weed seeds with us, especially in the fall. Little “companions” cling to clothes, shoes and things to get to new places of stay. This (…)

“Carry one another’s burdens, and thus you will fulfill the law of Christ.” — Galatians 6:2 When a woman in our newly formed Bible study group experienced a problem, we all unexpectedly began to share a deep personal experience. Someone’s father died. Someone went through a divorce. Someone had a completely deaf baby. Someone barely (…)

“May your reward be full from the Lord… that you have come to hide under His wings!” — Ruth 2:12 Maria decided to have lunch at a fast food restaurant. When she sat down at an empty table and started eating a hamburger, she noticed a young man sitting nearby. His clothes were dirty, his (…)

“And whatever you do, do it from the heart, as if for the Lord, not for people!” — Colossians 3:23 Rebecca Lee Crumpler was the first black American woman to receive a doctorate in medicine. However, according to Rebecca herself, during her life (1831–1895) she was “ignored, despised and considered worthless.” Still, she remained faithful (…)