NOT FOR SUNDAY ONLY

Commentary by David Sisler

Columns from 2002



  • EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW – EXCEPT MICKEY’S?

    • Why should they expect us to put our money where our mouth is when we will not even put our faith where our mouth is?
    (December 30, 2002)

  • CHRISTMAS AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY CELEBRATED

    • "Happy Holidays" is heard everywhere. Seldom is there a mention of the Christ Mass, worshipping the Son of God.
    (December 23, 2002)

  • APPETITES OUT OF CONTROL

    • When our pants no longer button or our wallets are filled with lint instead of money we want to sue someone.
    (December 16, 2002)

  • WRITTEN IN STONE?

    • You cannot prove matters of faith. That – to state the obvious – is why it is called faith.
    (December 12, 2002)

  • WHEN IS A HATE CRIME NOT A HATE CRIME?

    • Question: When is a hate crime not a hate crime? Answer: (a) when the crime is perpetrated against a Christian, (b) when the crime is committed against a heterosexual by a homosexual, (c) all of the above.
    (December 9, 2002)

  • YOUR VALUE

    • How do you determine the value of a human life?
    (December 2, 2002)

  • WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

    • Self-interest. It is very important.
    (November 24, 2002)

  • HE'S STILL WORKING ON ME

    • Has it ever occurred to you, the first developed science was astronomy? Why did man study first that which was farthest away?
    (November 17, 2002)

  • TWO WAYS

    • You can do right when everyone is looking. That is easy. Or you can do right when no one is looking. That is character.
    (November 11, 2002)

  • SACRIFICE

    • When we talk about sports we understand what a sacrifice is. When we talk about life, do we also understand sacrifice?
    (November 4, 2002)

  • GODLY SORROW

    • Godly sorrow brings repentance. Worldly sorrow is concerned with the consequences of being found out. What is your sorrow?
    (October 28, 2002)

  • REHASHING

    • There is a big difference between remembering and rehashing.
    (October 21, 2002)

  • PRACTICE THE GOOD THINGS

    • If you were making a list of apprecation, whose name would you put first?
    (October 14, 2002)

  • A PLEDGE OF COMMITMENT

    • Jesus is not looking for commitments that change.
    (October 7, 2002)

  • PRESSURE

    • Many believers do not understand what is happening when pressure comes because they were never told to expect it.
    (September 30, 2002)

  • HOW MUCH DO YOU MATTER?

    • How much do you matter? A little? A lot? Not at all?
    (September 26, 2002)

  • THE ATTACK ON MICHAEL McCONNELL

    • I am a single-issue voter.
    (September 19, 2002)

  • PUT ME IN, COACH!

    • No matter how good you are, if you do not think the coach is right, you do not have a chance.
    (September 16, 2002)

  • THE PERFECT MARRIAGE

    • Is there such a thing as a perfect marriage?
    (September 9, 2002)

  • THE PRODIGAL SON'S OLDER BROTHER

    • It is difficult to retain a sweet spirit when someone else takes center stage.
    (September 5, 2002)

  • IS LIFE FAIR?

    • If life is not fair, why does it seem it is always unfair in my direction?
    (August 29, 2002)

  • HOW MUCH DO YOU MATTER?

    • How much are you worth?
    (August 19, 2002)

  • MY PEACE

    • Do you have peace? If so, whose?
    (August 12, 2002)

  • TO GET IT RIGHT ONE TIME

    • When our past is longer than our future, we begin to ask some hard questions. The most frequent may be, "Is this all there is?"
    (August 8, 2002)

  • GOOD NEWS AND GOOD MEN

    • How does good news affect the way you view life? What about bad news?
    (August 5, 2002)

  • THOSE MIRACULOUS MINERS

    • “We’re not about to deny the Deity his due, but this was also a story of human bravery and remarkable technical skill” (The Wall Street Journal).
    (July 29, 2002: Extra)

  • FAMILY

    • Family. It is one of the most beautiful words in any language.
    (July 29, 2002)

  • FREEDOM FROM FEAR

    • Fear is universal, and the thing we are most afraid of is being afraid.
    (July 25, 2002)

  • EVERYBODY’S DOING IT

    • Everbody's doing it! Doing what? And what is the one thing not everyone is doing?
    (July 22, 2002)

  • YOUR GREATEST DISAPPOINTMENT

    • So many of our disappointments, where Christianity is concerned, is not that we do not understand what the Bible says. Our problems arise when we understand exactly what God means, but to do what he wants is completely contrary to our own plans and desires.
    (July 18, 2002)

  • I CAN'T GET NO SATISFACTION

    • How would you characterize your life at this moment? Satisfied, or dissatisfied?
    (July 15, 2002)

  • I SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW

    • We’ve seen what one man armed with a lie can do. What about all of the rest of us armed with the truth? What can we do?
    (July 11, 2002)

  • LIKE A CHILD

    • Being a child is what touches God. He is never impressed by our sophistication.
    (July 8, 2002)

  • B.C.

    • Cartoon by Johnny Hart (c) 2002 Creators Syndicate, Inc.
    (July 4, 2002)

  • WHO WOULD HAVE BELIEVED IT?

    • Would you believe, in Denmark, there is no Danish pastry? It is called Viennese bread. The English do not have English muffins. They have crumpets. In Bologna, there is no bologna. In China, there is no chop suey. There are almost no turkeys in Turkey. And Spanish rice is not served in Spain.
    (July 1, 2002)

  • AMERICA: ONE NATION UNDER GOD, NOT THE NINTH CIRCUIT

    • Today we have declared it is unconstitutional to stand, place our hands over our hearts and declare that we live, as a nation, under God and exist by his grace!
    (June 27, 2002)

  • THE APPOINTMENT

    • You lay down on Friday night to sleep, your plans for the weekend are made. Before the sun comes up on Saturday you step into eternity. You had years to prepare. Did you?
    (June 24, 2002)

  • WHICH SIDE IS GOD ON?

    • "If God is for you, no one can be against you." You would accept that as an axiom. But is the reverse also true?
    (June 20, 2002)

  • THE SECRET

    • America is a nation of functional illiterates. Are we also spiritually illiterate?
    (June 17, 2002)

  • IN SPITE OF THE RISKS

    • We know it will hurt us, possibly kill us, but we do it anyway.
    (June 10, 2002)

  • STICKY FLOORS

    • You who are spiritual, watch out for sticky floors.
    (June 6, 2002)

  • GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ALL FEARS

    • America is morbidly politically correct. We are afraid of giving offense, even when lives are at stake.
    (June 3, 2002)

  • REASONS TO DOUBT, REASONS TO TRUST

    • There are probably as many reasons why people doubt God as there are reasons why they trust him.
    (May 30, 2002)

  • THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION

    • The world will little note, nor long remember, and that is tragic.
    (May 27, 2002)

  • RESENTMENT

    • Even more deadly than cancer or AIDS is resentment.
    (May 20, 2002)

  • AMBITION

    • If your doctor told you, "You only have six months to live," would you be interested in a new business venture or in a new way to make money? Or would you reexamine your priorities?
    (May 16, 2002)

  • A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE

    • If you knew nothing about him, how would you view the life of Jesus? Would it depend on your perspective?
    (May 13, 2002)

  • OVER EASY OR OVER TOUGH

    • Once upon a time, they all lived happily ever after. True or false?
    (May 9, 2002)

  • ONCE UPON A TIME

    • Is life supposed to be over easy, or over tough?
    (May 6, 2002)

  • NO QUESTIONS ASKED

    • Is it time to ask?
    (May 2, 2002)

  • THE DOUBLE STANDARD

    • Consistency, thou art a jewel.
    (April 29, 2002)

  • THE INFLUENCE OF ONE

    • If one speck of dust were removed from a sunset, no one would be able to tell the difference. Dust gets its strength from joining with others of its kind.
    (April 25, 2002)

  • VICTIMLESS PORN?

    • The rights of the child pornographers are protected, but who will protect the rights of the children?
    (April 22, 2002)

  • NOBODY ELSE CAN GET IT OFF

    • How would it be to be loved with total forgiveness and total acceptance of your new life?
    (April 18, 2002)

  • INTELLIGENCE

    • Usual reliable sources. Knowing the end from the beginning.
    (April 15, 2002)

  • HOW ARE YOU LIVING?

    • Three vignettes describing life as most people live it, or as they think they live it.
    (April 11, 2002)

  • A PORTION WITH THE HYPOCRITES

    • Trickery, deceit, hypocrisy and outright lying. No, it's not politics. It's from the scientific community.
    (April 8, 2002)

  • IN A WORLD GONE MAD

    • A small ray of sanity.
    (April 4, 2002)

  • EDITH, START JUMPING!

    • Good news. Are you hearing it second hand or first hand?
    (April 1, 2002)

  • BODY PIERCING

    • Origins
    (March 30, 2002)

  • BASKETBALL, BANKING, AND BOY SCOUTS: WHATEVER IS ACCEPTABLE

    • How low can you go?
    (March 25, 2002)

  • DEBATING HOUSE BILL 360 – PLAYING GAMES WITH LIFE

    • Teen pregnancies are at their lowest rate in 60 years, but the number of abandoned babies is rising. Twenty-nine states have done something about it. Georgia has had three tries.
    (March 21, 2002)

  • TAKING GRACE FOR GRANTED

    • You know God will forgive you if you ask him. Just because he will, is not a reason to sin.
    (March 18, 2002)

  • ENTRAPMENT

    • Jesus only takes volunteers.
    (March 14, 2002)

  • FINAL RESTING PLACE?

    • Final belongs to the Lord God Almighty.
    (March 12, 2002)

  • LOVE BEYOND OUR SIN

    • If God did not love the worst of us, how could we trust him to love us?
    (March 11, 2002)

  • THE DUET

    • We fell in love sitting down, and when I stood up, it was too late!
    (February 7, 2002)

  • THE NEW BUCKET

    • Is it time to throw away the old bucket?
    (February 4, 2002)

  • HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU?

    • The things – and people – we take for granted.
    (January 31, 2002)

  • A VOCABULARY OF LOVE

    • The older I become, the more I see an uncritical Christ.
    (January 28, 2002)

  • KEEP ‘EM DRINKING, KEEP THE CORONER BUSY

    • The coroner listed the cause of death as "stupidity." She was dead right.
    (January 21, 2002)

  • ONE NATION, UNDER WHOSE GOD?

    • When is the separation of church and state not the separation of church and state?
    (January 17, 2002)

  • THE ACCEPTED TIME

    • And when is it?
    (January 13, 2002)

  • LUKE, I AM YOUR GRANDFATHER

    • It is all about baby steps.
    (January 10, 2002)

  • STRUGGLES

    • What do you trust? Your doubts? Or God's forgiveness?
    (January 7, 2002)

  • THERE USED TO BE RULES

    • Everyone is wearing the same color uniform, and all of the uniforms have the same numbers. How can you know who is on your team?
    (January 3, 2002)

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