August 2025

Bulletin Digest Weekly Newsletter Moving to Substack

As our members are aware, we have had various problems with email delivery and website reliability over the last couple of years. Free or low-cost options are not reliable enough, and expensive options are beyond our financial means due to the low cost of our memberships. However, we have arrived at a solution. Beginning in…

It Is Always ‘Us’

[328 words] It is said that the former Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II, used to walk from the palace every morning to the shops to buy flowers and vegetables. A visitor once asked a Danish citizen, “Who guards the Queen when she walks to the shops?” The citizen replied, “We all do.” The same is…

The Power and Importance of God’s Word

[348 words] Do not let the ending of the story in Luke 16:19-31 escape you. The rich man is in agony. He has begged for relief (none is forthcoming). Now, he is begging for a miracle for his family that he has left behind. He was certain that if a messenger from the dead showed…

When Was It?

[187 words] When was the last time you texted or called me and asked how I was doing? When was the last time you gave me an encouraging pat on the back? When was the last time you saw I was lonely and sat by me in services? When was the last time you had…

Let It Be Seen

[271 words] Our world has almost drowned in rhetoric. Many are turned off by it. For too long, politicians have assaulted our good sense with promises no one could keep and no one expects to be carried to completion. Television commercials build up their products so much that we would be shocked if they delivered…

A Second Hiroshima

[310 words] It happened about 80 years ago on August 6, 1945. The United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The devastation was unlike anything the world had ever seen. Three days later, a second bomb annihilated the city of Nagasaki. Soon after World War II came to a close.…

Heaven is Real

[368 words] Heaven is an important topic and, I must confess, I love speaking and writing about the Spiritual House. Because, like you, I’ve lost loved ones … and I look forward to being with my Christian family members and friends in that glorious home. I think that it’s sad that many do not have…

Can I Really be Wise?

[344 words] The book of Proverbs describes wisdom as a hidden treasure, more valuable than gold, silver, or precious rubies. “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding” (Proverbs 9:10). Not only does Solomon’s collection of wisdom teach us about its value, but the…

If the Living Knew

[224 words] Many years ago, I heard a preacher say something in a sermon that I have never forgotten. He said, “If the living knew what the dead know, they would be in a desperate search for truth.” What a profound statement! Those who have already died and passed into eternity know from experience the…

Did You Know This About Habakkuk?

[162 words] The prophet Habakkuk presents a question to God: Why is there so much pain and injustice in the world? Why do the wicked seem to always have the upper hand over the righteous? God’s answer is not that pain and injustice will be taken away in this world, but rather that the wicked…

Did You Know This About Zephaniah?

[105 words] Zephaniah was a prophet during the time of King Josiah of Judah. He prophesied about the same time as Jeremiah and Habakkuk. But did you know that Zephaniah was the only prophet of royal descent? He was, in fact, the great-great-grandson of the godly king Hezekiah. Zephaniah was sent to announce God’s coming…

Did You Know This About Haggai?

[83 words] Haggai was a prophet who lived and worked during the time of the return from exile under Zerubbabel. After 16 years since the start of the restoration of the temple, Haggai received four prophetic messages from God, telling the people to stop being lax in their work, and get the temple done! We…

Did You Know This About Zechariah?

[73 words] Zechariah was a prophet who ministered after the exile. He is called the son of Berechiah, and grandson of Iddo. This is probably the same Iddo who is listed among the priests who returned with Zerubbabel in 536 BC. If that is so, then Zechariah was both a prophet and a priest, like…

Still, Still With Thee

[94 words] Still, still with thee, when purple morning breaketh,When the bird waketh, and the shadows flee;Fairer than morning, lovelier than daylight,Dawns the sweet consciousness, I am with thee. Alone with thee, amid the mystic shadows,The solemn hush of nature newly born;Alone with thee in breathless adoration,In the calm dew and freshness of the morn.…

Your Father Knoweth

[120 words] Precious thought, my Father knoweth,In His love I rest;For whate’er my Father doethMust be always best.Well I know the heart that planneth,Nought but good for me;Joy and sorrow interwoven;Love in all I see. Precious thought, my Father knoweth,Careth for His child;Bids me nestle closer to HimWhen the storm beats wild.Tho’ my earthly hopes…

Bible Quiz: Matthew 18:10-14

[69 words] “Take heed that you do not __ one of these little ones…” Jesus said that in heaven their __ always see the __ of the Father. How many sheep did the man have in this section? How many being lost would it take for the man to go seek what was lost? “Even…

Bible Quiz: Matthew 18:15-20

[75 words] True or False: If your brother sins against you, go and tell the public. If he won’t hear, go to him again, taking __ or __. If the first two options fail, tell it to the __. If he refuses to hear the church, let him be to you like a __ and…

Bible Quiz: Matthew 18:21-35

[86 words] Peter asked Jesus if one should forgive his brother “up to __ times.” “Therefore the kingdom of __ is like a certain king who wanted to settle __ with his servants.” The master of the servant was moved with __. “But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who…

Bible Quiz: Matthew 19:1-10

[84 words] “The __ also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, ‘Is it __ for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?’” “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them __ and __…’” Jesus said what God has __ together, let man not…

Quotes and Sayings (August 2025)

“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition.” — Abraham Lincoln “First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.” — Epictetus “Enthusiasm for one’s goal lessens the disagreeableness of working toward it.” — Thomas Eakins “There are people who want to be everywhere at once, and…

On the Lighter Side (August 2025)

An invisible man married an invisible woman.  The kids were nothing to look at either. — I was always taught to respect older people, but it keeps getting harder to find anyone older than I am. — A Little Long The sermon seemed to go on forever. Finally the minister paused and asked, “What more,…