Kroner Ministries: equipping the saints for the work of the minsitry

I’m not gonna say that these are true stories, because I didn’t verify that their authenticity. However, they are touching little tales that have great principles to them about the way we treat others.

So, I wanted to share them with you. How are you valuing and treating those around you…?

DK

Five (5) lessons about the way we treat people

1 – First Important Lesson – Cleaning Lady.

During my second month of college, our professor
Gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student
And had breezed through the questions until I read
The last one:
“What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?”

Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the
Cleaning woman several times. She was tall,
Dark-haired and in her 50′s, but how would I know her name?
I handed in my paper, leaving the last question
Blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if
The last question would count toward our quiz grade.

“Absolutely, ” said the professor.. “In your careers,
You will meet many people. All are significant.. They
Deserve your attention and care, even if all you do
Is smile and say “hello..”

I’ve never forgotten that lesson.. I also learned her
Name was Dorothy.

2. – Second Important Lesson – Pickup in the Rain 

One night, at 11:30 p.m., an older African American
Woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway
Trying to endure a lashing rain storm. Her car had
Broken down and she desperately needed a ride.
Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car.
A young white man stopped to help her, generally
Unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960′s. The man
Took her to safety, helped her get assistance and
Put her into a taxicab.

She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his
Address and thanked him. Seven days went by and a
Knock came on the man’s door. To his surprise, a
Giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A
Special note was attached.

It read:

“Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway
The other night. The rain drenched not only my
Clothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along.
Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying
Husband’s bedside just before he passed away… God
Bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving
Others.”

Sincerely,
Mrs. Nat King Cole.

3 – Third Important Lesson – Always remember those
Who serve. 

In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less,
A 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and
Sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in
Front of him.
“How much is an ice cream sundae?” he asked.
“Fifty cents,” replied the waitress.
The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and
Studied the coins in it.
“Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?” he inquired.
By now more people were waiting for a table and the
Waitress was growing impatient..
“Thirty-five cents,” she brusquely replied.
The little boy again counted his coins.
“I’ll have the plain ice cream,” he said.

The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on
The table and walked away The boy finished the ice
Cream, paid the cashier and left.. When the waitress
Came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the
Table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish,
Were two nickels and five pennies..

You see, he couldn’t have the sundae, because he had
To have enough left to leave her a tip.

4 – Fourth Important Lesson. – The obstacle in Our Path.. 

In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a
Roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if
Anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the
King’s’ wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by
And simply walked around it.. Many loudly blamed the
King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did
Anything about getting the stone out of the way.

Then a peasant came along carrying a load of
Vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the
Peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the
Stone to the side of the road. After much pushing
And straining, he finally succeeded. After the
Peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed
A purse lying in the road where the boulder had
Been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note
From the King indicating that the gold was for the
Person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The
Peasant learned what many of us never understand!

Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.

5 – Fifth Important Lesson – Giving When it Counts… 

Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a
Hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who
Was suffering from a rare & serious disease. Her only
Chance of recovery appeared to be a blood
Transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had
Miraculously survived the same disease and had
Developed the antibodies needed to combat the
Illness. The doctor explained the situation to her
Little brother, and asked the little boy if he would
Be willing to give his blood to his sister.

I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a
Deep breath and saying, “Yes I’ll do it if it will save
Her.” As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed
Next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing
The color returning to her cheek. Then his face
Grew pale and his smile faded.

He looked up at the doctor and asked with a
Trembling voice, “Will I start to die right away”.
Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the
Doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his
Sister all of his blood in order to save h

I will usually be at the end of the line of people to endorse the Bible Answer Man program. While I listen regularly, I often find points of disagreement in it. However, I also firmly believe that we can learn from those with whom we disagree, when we are receptive to being taught.

In that spirit, I’d like to share a posting from The Bible Answer Man himself about a topic that often fascinates and divides Christians…The viability and reliability of “Bible Codes”. I find the subject to be very interesting but also very unreliable, as no ‘code’ has ever been able to tell of something happening before it happened. That kind of ‘prophecy’ is easy to come up with. So…enjoy.

DK

Are Bible Codes credible?

A significant number of Christian leaders today hail Bible Codes as important evidence for the inspiration of Scripture. While they claim post–prophecies such as Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination in 1995 are encoded in the biblical text, Bible Codes, in reality, are little more than a fringe variety of Jewish mysticism repackaged for Christian consumption.

First, like its older permutation, Bible Numerics, Bible Codes are at best a pseudoscience. Codes are “discovered” by searching for equidistant letter sequences (ELS) that can be compiled into intelligible messages pertaining to past events. One can search left to right, right to left, top to bottom, bottom to top, or in diagonal directions. Although sequencing can vary from word to word, none of the prophecies can be known beforehand. Like Monday–morning quarterbacking, hindsight is always perfect.

Furthermore, Bible Codes are a rigged game complete with after–the–fact prophecies and self–validating messages. While ELS practitioners contend such historical events as the assassination of Rabin are encoded in the Torah, nothing could be farther from the truth. Because Old Testament Hebrew does not contain vowels, an alleged code such as “Rabin Bang Bang” could just as easily refer to Christopher Robin’s shooting his pop gun at the balloons Winnie the Pooh was holding when he floated over the Hundred Acre Wood (“Robin Bang Bang”). For that matter, the self–validating message could refer to the tire blowout that Batman’s sidekick Robin experienced while riding in the Batmobile. It could even refer to a Mafia hitman named Robino who had two successful kills—bang, bang.

Finally, though the message of the autographa (original texts of the Bible) is unaltered in the best available manuscript copies, minor differences in spelling and style make it impossible to validate the divine inspiration of equidistant letter sequencing. Such minor divergences leave the meaning unaltered but completely undermine all attempts to find equidistant letter sequences by altering the distance between letters.
Moreover, the coincidences of equidistant letter sequences that do occur in the Torah are not unique. They occur in every other work of literature from Homer to Hobbes and from Tolkien to Tolstoy.

Bible Codes shift the focus of biblical apologetics from the essential core of the gospel to esoteric speculations. Those who deny the incontrovertible evidence that Jesus rose from the dead are not likely to be persuaded by the pseudo–apologetic of Bible Codes.

For further study,see Hank Hanegraaff,“Magic Apologetics,” Christian Research Journal 20, 1 (1997), available through the Christian Research Institute (CRI) at http://www.equip.org.

Luke 16:31
“If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.”