SharpRemarks

  • DO YOU HAVE EARS?

    You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am” (John 13:13). Our Lord never insists on having authority over us. He never says, “You will submit to me.” No, He leaves us perfectly free to choose—so free, in fact, that we can spit in His face or we can put…

  • FROM THE ROCKING CHAIR

    I enjoy and appreciate living in Sarasota Florida. I suppose if I had total control I would tweak the weather and turn the traffic back to 1960 or something like that. I believe I am finally adapting to retirement. I no longer feel guilty sitting on the patio at 10 AM with a cup of…

  • POTATO BOGGLES

    POTATO BOGGLES it’s an old Scottish word for a scarecrow.   The name comes from: So a tattie-bogle is literally a “potato ghost,” but in practice it means a scarecrow set up in a potato field to frighten birds and animals away.    Beware of those skeptics and doubters who have turned aside from the…

  • The Secret of the Lord”

    June 3 “The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him …” (Psalm 25:14) What is the sign of a friend? Is it that he tells you his secret sorrows? No, it is that he tells you his secret joys. Many people will confide their secret sorrows to you, but the final mark…

  • WHAT DO YOU WANT??

    Do you seek great things for yourself?” (Jeremiah 45:5). Are you seeking great things for yourself, instead of seeking to be a great person? God wants you to be in a much closer relationship with Himself than simply receiving His gifts—He wants you to get to know Him. Even some large thing we want is…

  • HE SAID WHAT?

    It was in February of 1974 when I first entered into my redeemed relationship with the Lord. That event occurred at a revival being conducted at Southside Baptist Church in Sarasota. The journey leading to that moment is actually another story to be told another time. The Pastor of Southside Baptist was Harold Epperson, the…