Bob's Life Songs

"Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”  - Matth...

It is easy to feel unloved in this world. Everyone is so busy with their own lives.  We live in a consuming culture. Buy this, buy that. Who...

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life....

Shortly after Moses died, Joshua was charged with bringing God's people into the Promised Land. There's a major lesson to be learned...

I woke up this morning to a slap in the face, followed quickly thereafter by a loving hug. No, my wife is still sleeping. Let me explain. Fi...

So, like, umm, have you been busy lately? It's a good thing we have our phones and computers to help us meet our busy schedules, right? ...

A lot of people (including me) spend a lot of time trying to discern what "God's will" is. We wait months, even years, hoping ...

We live in a world of increasing turmoil these days. Our nation, and the entire world for that matter, has divided. America is no longer the...

There is a scene in the 1972 movie What's Up Doc? where Ryan O'Neil is at a cocktail party. He had mistakenly put his name tag on u...

The Bible is very specific about the timing of end time events. For example, according to the prophet Daniel, there will be a 7-year tribula...

It's hard watching our nation crumble from what it once was to what it is now. I'm not talking about any kind of Trump or Biden thin...

Back in 1775, Thomas Paine wrote a 47-page pamphlet called Common Sense. Apparently, our forefathers had some of that back then. These days ...

“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “ you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed - or indeed only one. Mary...

No, this isn't a story about American Communism. Today's story is about the cost of discipleship. The cost of following Jesus in a w...

I watched a little bit of the World Series Thursday night. A commercial came on for Amazon Prime. The ad featured an old Four Seasons song...

Yard work in Central Wisconsin often comes at a cost. If it's not the mosquitoes and biting flies that get you, it's the bees, was...

photo by Blaise-Von Lanthen Have you ever heard the same thing multiple times during the course of a day? Once is normal, twice is int...

One of the reason I love my church is that our pastor tells it like it is. He doesn't sugar coat scripture. He gives us the precise me...

Why do we have a tough time returning back to work after a particularly enjoyable weekend? That's kind of a useless question. The answ...

Do you like to eat mushrooms? I do but not everyone does. My sister doesn't like them. She calls them "fungus among us" and ...