by 61stcoc | Jun Wed, 2019 | Christian 2 Christian, Ozzie Roberts
I never forget one of my most jolting encounters with the world’s meaning behind the phrase: “You can’t cheat an honest man.” It occurred nearly 45 years ago when I was yet a young rookie reporter on the staff of the local newspaper. I remember it well, primarily...
by 61stcoc | Jun Sun, 2019 | Christian 2 Christian, Ozzie Roberts
Most worldly folks, I believe, find it easier to see themselves being bad than being good. I’d proffered that notion in this place sometime back. Remember, I’m a been-around-a-while Christian, who came to Jesus after nearly half a lifetime of worldly living. I’d come...
by 61stcoc | Jun Sun, 2019 | Christian 2 Christian, Ozzie Roberts
I am not perfect. I do bad things. There, I’ve written it just as easily as you please mainly because I know the confession is truthful and helps me get into what I feel compelled to focus upon today. It’s hoity-toity-ism. You know what that is, of course: It’s our...
by 61stcoc | May Sun, 2019 | Christian 2 Christian, Ozzie Roberts
I remember the day after my all-time favorite Major League Baseball pitcher – Sandy Koufax – hurled a perfect game for my all-time favorite team – the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was 54 years ago. I was 16, living in a suburb of the Big Apple. And I was...
by 61stcoc | May Fri, 2019 | Christian 2 Christian, Ozzie Roberts
I love the Psalms, especially the Twenty-third. I’ve testified to that countless times before. And now at this writing, I’m feeling compelled to express that truth yet again because the labor is for this space. And, by faith, I know that the Holy Spirit is close by,...
by 61stcoc | May Fri, 2019 | Christian 2 Christian, Ozzie Roberts
I fully believe that God locks a great many more than one message for each and every one of us in the characters, words and stories contained in the good Book of Truth. And it is up to all of us to find and act on as many of those messages as we can with the...
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