Posts by Carlos Valenzuela (Page 9)
SOUND WORDS, FEB 5, 2023
ENJOYING THE BIBLE Grisham. Clancy. The Oprah Book Club. Hillerman. Amazon. Rowling. Barnes & Noble. Homework. What do all these have in common? Whether it is Clancy’s latest technothriller, Grisham and his lawyers, Hillerman’s Navajo mysteries or Rowling’s wizards they can all be found (with a good cup of coffee!) at Barnes & Noble, ordered online at Amazon. com, or maybe even recommended by Oprah in her book club — and they all show how Americans love to read. Many…
SOUND WORDS, JAN 29, 2023
we always need god Because life comes at us so quickly, and because we get so busy moving about doing so much, we can easily forget or fail to realize how important God really is to us. I don’t just mean how important He is in our worship services or in our routine prayers. I’m talking about a basic recognition that we cannot function in any capacity at all but for the grace of God. We could not move, eat,…
SOUND WORDS, JAN 22, 2023
LOVE FINDS A WAY All Christians want to bring the lost to Christ. But each of us has some handicap which causes us to feel limited in our ability to do so. It may be a weakness of knowledge or difficulty in expressing ourselves. Perhaps it is a personality deficiency or even a lack of transportation. Whatever it may be, we tend to feel that it excuses us from responsibility. Actually, our most debilitating handicap is a lack of zeal.…