I now have a rebuilt computer, so I am back on line again.

I think there must be more to the story, however, than is presented on the napkins.

Those thousands of pages of proposed laws have a way of containing very bad provisions, which, as I’ve read controversial bills in the past at least, always seem to get hidden until it is too late for change. I, unlike our Congress and Senate critters, do know how to read, and I have a “bookmark” set on my computer which takes me right to those dreadfully long bills, and on occasion I have actually read them.

The solution must include finding a practical way to have people live more healthy life styles. Getting the Gospel into the lives of more people might be a good way to get this started.

So far, my health care dollar contributions have been a total waste, for I have never had to use a single one of them. I wish I could have all that money they took from me placed in my own account for my benefit should the need arise. They are still taking those dollars from me even in my retirement.

Why not have a system that rewards healthy living, instead of our present system that subsidizes unhealthy living at the expense of folks like me who don’t smoke, don’t drink, sleep properly, eat right, and even get some semblance of exercising by walking in the nice country air!

How are you? I am excited to be following you! We are a small family business that does fund raising. It is our personal growth plan to help others grow in the area of fund raising…

Thank you,
Scott Amaral

I was saved as a result of reading the Bible daily, in particular, the New Testament, from August to November in 1953.

I have also listened to the Bible on audio cassettes, but I find that reading off the printed page works the best for me.

Looking up the related cross references for each verse that strikes me during my current reading adds much, too.

You are absolutely right that no one can grow spiritually without daily reading of God’s written word, the Bible.

No one can get out of the Bible what God put in it for our blessing without actually going beyond reading, by engaging in study of His Word.

I believe you haven’t begun to study God’s Word in the Bible until you have spent serious time and effort reading the cross references furnished in such a source as the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, the New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, or the much improved, corrected, and amplified cross references in Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible.

I, too, have benefited from extended re-reading and study of 1 John. Just the other day, I read aloud to the family the book of Philippians. I remember when Dr. Lehman Strauss preached a series of expository messages, going through the book of Philippians virtually verse by verse. I’ll never forget the emphasis upon “rejoice” and “joy,” yet this is one of Paul’s prison epistles!