NOT FOR SUNDAY ONLY

Commentary by David Sisler

Columns from 2003

  • THE SCOREKEEPER

    • Is life fair? Of course not. But it does matter who is keeping score.
    (December 29, 2003)

  • CHRISTMAS AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY CELEBRATED

    • Buy our product before the spirit of giving leaves us. Christmas used to mean more.
    (December 22, 2003)

  • GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS

    • How does good news affect the way you view life? What about bad news?
    (December 15, 2003)

  • FREEDOM FROM FEAR

    • If “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” is there an antidote?
    (December 8, 2003)

  • THE DARKNESS BEFORE THE DAWN

    • There are only so many hours of night. Then the dawn will break.
    (December 1, 2003)

  • SENSE OF DIRECTION

    • Do you ever wonder about God's sense of direction?
    (November 24, 2003)

  • WHOM DO YOU TRUST: GOD’S REST OR THE CASH REGISTER?

    • People are more important than just making a profit.
    (November 17, 2003)

  • THE DISTANCE BETWEEN LATE AND TOO LATE

    • How far?
    (November 10, 2003)

  • YOU ARE WRONG, MR. PRESIDENT! VERY WRONG!

    • A culture of tolerance threatens to render the West incapable of drawing reasonable distinctions. The general reluctance to criticize any non-Christian religion and the almost universal public ignorance about Islam make for a lethal mix.
    (November 3, 2003)

  • DISCOURAGED OR ENCOURAGED?

    • Courage is the blessing of obedience to his Word and discouragement is the curse of disobeying him.
    (October 27, 2003)

  • EXTREMIST VIEWS

    • Critics center their attacks on Christianity, and either ignore the fact, or do not understand, that Muslims follow an absolute and intractable faith.
    (October 23, 2003)

  • HOW MANY DO YOU COUNT ME FOR?

    • You are surrounded, outnumbered. It is hopeless. Have you counted all of your resources?
    (October 20, 2003)

  • I CAN’T GET NO SATISFACTION

    • How would you characterize your life? Satisfied? Or Dissatisfied?
    (October 13, 2003)

  • I TOLD YOU SO!

    • The Safe Place for Newborns Act saves lives. There are still more babies in danger.
    (October 6, 2003)

  • A DRIVE SHE WON’T SOON FORGET

    • A Pennsylvania judge's sentence for a drunk driver. With recommendations.
    (September 29, 2003)

  • UNCOUPLING

    • “Coupling,” the raunchiest half-hour yet shown on prime time network television.
    (September 25, 2003)

  • THE FOOL

    • Only a fool would say to himself, “There is no God.”
    (September 22, 2003)

  • THE ULTIMATE QUESTION

    • And the answer is?
    (September 15, 2003)

  • GREAT IS YOUR REWARD

    • There are many Christians who have never once in their lives made anything like a real sacrifice for Jesus.
    (September 8, 2003)

  • WHAT ABOUT PERFECTION?

    • Two popular criticisms of the Church. Two definitions?
    (August 25, 2003)

  • OLD LIFE, NEW LIFE

    • “The Last Day” seems so far off, so dim, so distant. What about now?
    (August 18, 2003)

  • FORGIVENESS: A NEW THING

    • What do you remember of your past? How hard are you trying to forget those things?
    (August 11, 2003)

  • A NEW BEGINNING OF HAPPINESS

    • Happiness for many people is waiting on something big to happen.
    (August 4, 2003)

  • UNTO THE LEAST OF THESE

    • It is all about motovation.
    (July 28, 2003)

  • UNCOVERING HIDDEN MEANINGS IN THE DRUG CULTURE

    • The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
    (July 21, 2003)

  • HOW IMPORTANT IS FAILURE TO SUCCESS?

    • If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Does that automatically mean if you try again, you will succeed the next time?
    (July 14, 2003)

  • HOW HIGH THE PRICE?

    • You may find after a time, that having is not the same thing as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.
    (July 7, 2003)

  • A TOMORROW SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY’S HURT

    • When you are hurting, can you trust the God who seems to be the cause of your pain?
    (June 30, 2003)

  • THE NEW BUCKET

    • If you purchased a brand new bucket, would you still keep the old one?
    (June 23, 2003)

  • ENTHUSIASM

    • Enthusiasm is contagious.
    (June 16, 2003)

  • WANTED: DADDIES!

    • Being a father is more than a biological function.
    (June 9, 2003)

  • WHEN GOD SPEAKS

    • We are not comfortable being quiet.
    (June 2, 2003)

  • CONTENTMENT

    • Which is easier to deal with, prosperity or poverty? If you answered “prosperity,” are you sure?
    (May 26, 2003)

  • TEMPTATION AT THE TOP

    • Be careful of what you clutch to your heart.
    (May 19, 2003)

  • I CAN DO ALL THINGS

    • Who can? I can. Why is that?
    (May 12, 2003)

  • THE WEAPONS OF PRAISE

    • Our past – our perceptions, plans, prejudices, and predictions – are cracked and dry.
    (May 5, 2003)

  • THE CALL

    • You determine your own destiny.
    (April 28, 2003)

  • DOUBLE MURDER

    • The death of Lori Peterson’s baby was murder according to California law, just as certainly as was the death of Mrs. Peterson.
    (April 21, 2003)

  • GOOD NIGHT, IRENE

    • It was one of those memories which springs to mind for no apparent reason. Reflections on Easter.
    (April 19, 2003)

  • START PRAISING!

    • “I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”
    (April 14, 2003)

  • CROAKERS AND HEROES

    • They say they are embarrassed to be Americans. Well, that makes it unanimous.
    (April 7, 2003)

  • THE EXCLAMATION POINT UNIVERSE!

    • Somewhere just outside of the ordinary lives we lead, there is another universe! Incredible things happen to the people who live there – things you and I can hardly believe, and things that never, just never, happen to us.
    (March 31, 2003)

  • WHAT KIND OF PEACE?

    • With the "Coalition of the Willing" driving on Bagdhad, would it surprise you to learn, Jesus said he did not come to bring peace?
    (March 24, 2003)

  • SMALL PINHOLES – LITTLE FOXES

    • Pinholes. As small as three human hairs. Ignored. Seven lives lost.
    (March 17, 2003)

  • IF EDUCATION IS THE ANSWER, ARE WE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS?

    • This is a lesson our children must learn. This is a test we must all pass. There are only two grades: life or death.
    (March 10, 2003)

  • RISKING SUCCESS

    • There is nothing wrong with striving for success. The danger comes when the desire for success outweighs our desire for achievement.
    (March 3, 2003)

  • PARALYZED!

    • Many people are paralyzed. There is nothing wrong with their limbs. There is something wrong with their hearts.
    (February 24, 2003)

  • TO NEVER HAVE A BIRTHDAY

    • For tens of millions of babies – upwards of 40,000,000 babies – there have been no birthdays.
    (February 17, 2003)

  • WILL YOU ALSO GO AWAY?

    • Go back in your mind to the time of Jesus. Pretend you have never heard of the New Testament. Now, you hear him say, “If you do not eat of my body and drink of my blood, you have no part of me.” What is your reaction?
    (February 10, 2003)

  • FOLLOW ME

    • “What else could I do? I failed the man, and he went on trusting me.”
    (February 3, 2003)

  • I CAN'T STOP PRAISING THE LORD!

    • It is easy to praise God in bright sunlight when we know that he is smiling on us.
    (January 27, 2003)

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR

    • The Augusta Chronicle serves up stomach-turning milk toast editorial.
    (January 22, 2003)

  • WHERE IS YOUR CONFIDENCE?

    • Where is your confidence? In a God who can lead you step by step, perhaps through very ordinary circumstances, perhaps through very miraculous circumstances. Or in yourself?
    (January 20, 2003)

  • UNDERNEATH THE COSTUME

    • A minister is more, much more, than the costume her or she wears.
    (January 13, 2003)

  • CAN YOU BELIEVE GOD?

    • Coincidence, or the word of the Lord God Almighty?
    (January 6, 2003)



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