JAMES E. APPEL, MD, is a young 2000 graduate of the Loma Linda University School of Medicine who says he went to medical school “for the sole purpose of doing missionary work.”
His blog (included in this site’s blogroll) of a front-line medical missionary doctor’s life in Africa is inspiring and moving—and as utterly real as [...]
Archive for July, 2007
28 Jul
Stories for Heaven’s Campfire
26 Jul
How NOT to Win the World to Jesus
THE LATE JERRY FALWELL:
“The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this [9/11] because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively [...]
21 Jul
Super-Me
I’M REALLY FAR MORE accomplished and versatile than most people realize. I’m a corporate consultant, a psychology professor, a screenwriter, a tour organizer, an AMSOIL dealer, a botanist, and a used-car dealer.
I’m vice president of an Internet technologies company, winner of a Texas golf tournament, a race car driver, a life-flight nurse, owner of a [...]
21 Jul
Sabbath Blog Potluck – 1
A NEW PAGE HAS BEEN ADDED to Right End of the Telescope. See the “Blog Potluck” tab at the top. On occasional Sabbaths, I plan to begin pulling some of the blogs from my blogroll to describe in brief annotations. This first group includes about 35 blogs. Check back now and then for new installments.
21 Jul
Blessing in the Thorn
“Life is hard, the world is cold.
We’re barely young and then we’re old.
But every falling tear is always understood.
Yes, life is hard, but God is good.”
—Christian vocalist Pam Thum
“Life is difficult.”
—M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled
“Man is of few days, and full of trouble.”
—Job 14:1
“In the world you will have [...]
20 Jul
“And God Stepped Out on Space…”
AS I’M WRITING THIS, IT’S a long July Friday evening, and the Sabbath is beginning. Earlier this evening, I posted a video of one of my favorite short sermons, by S. M. Lockridge. Here is another—this one a recital of James Weldon Johnson’s (1871-1938) “The Creation,” by Adventist pastor Wintley Phipps.
I first heard of Wintley [...]
20 Jul
That’s MY King!!
ONE OF THE MOST MOVING short sermons I’ve ever come across is this six minutes of stirring oratory by the late preacher S. M. Lockridge (that’s Shadrach Meshach Lockridge!). Pastor of the African-American Calvary Baptist Church in San Diego, California, from 1953 to 1993, Lockridge’s stirring presentation glorifying our awesome Lord is a classic of [...]
20 Jul
To Trust With Total Abandon
MY REACTIONS TO IT RANGE from resigned acceptance to disgust to outrage. I’m talking about the pervasive, cynical calculation that motivates nearly every action in this world. I realize that this has been a part of human sinfulness from Eden on down, but that doesn’t make it any easier to abide.
It seems that nearly everybody [...]
19 Jul
Get Out of Jail Free
TODAY ON ONE OF THE major political blogs I frequent was a news item and video clip of Larry King’s current CNN interview of Tammy Faye (Bakker) Messner. The clip (which you can find on YouTube but which I’ll not post here) is hard to watch…clearly, Tammy Faye has little time left. As someone [...]
