As spring has sprung
By Steven Brodsky
… in the Northern Hemisphere and the earth is bringing “forth her bud,” it’s especially opportune to share Isaiah 61:11.
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Isaiah 61:11: “For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.”
Posted 3-25-25
A verse about perfect peace
By Steven Brodsky
… Isaiah 26:3: “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trustest in thee.”
Our finite minds can’t understand this sort of perfect peace; no use trying to understand it.
Philippians 4:7: “And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
Thank God for the availability of this gift of perfect peace.
Posted 3-22-25
Will you be going to ‘where the wicked shall cease their troubling’?
By Steven Brodsky
… That place: heaven.
Hopefully, we’ll meet there some day!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09sWkMK4uY4
The above linked performance video of “The Wicked Shall Cease Their Troubling” featuring Jessy Dixon was previously linked in this section of the Entertainment, Culture and More column.
It came to mind as I was writing an article today that included an embed of “April Come She Will,” a Simon & Garfunkel song that was written by Paul Simon. That article appears at: Conversations With Writers And More delcoculturevultures.com.
It was then that I recalled that Paul Simon had seen Jessy Dixon in concert at Radio City Music Hall in 1972, and that Paul Simon invited Jessy Dixon to sing with him on Saturday Night Live, and that the two would go on to tour together in the U.S. and overseas for eight years.
Jessy Dixon passed away on September 26, 2011 at age 73.
Posted 3-14-25
In memory of someone that I cared deeply about
By Steven Brodsky
… This person, whose name I will not reveal (out of deference to the person’s family), passed away soon after being placed for the first time onto a “hospice bed.”
A photo that I received of this person that was taken just prior to the person being assisted onto what would be the person’s deathbed, shows a terrified look on the person’s face.
I believe that the terrified look captured in the photo was at least in part due to the person’s not having made things right with God (as far as I know).
I would not presume to know how God judged my dear friend.
Terrifying to the maximum would be to hear God saying the words that appear in Matthew 7:23.
About those words: https://www.gotquestions.org/I-never-knew-you-depart-from-me.html.
Oh yes, dear readers, “love the people that God gives you”… “one day He’ll want them back.” Scroll down this page to read the article “Aaron Wilburn’s The People That God Gives You.”
I loved my friend; God has taken my friend back.
Posted 3-11-25
Yesterday, on the first morning of Daylight Saving Time
By Steven Brodsky
… the time on clocks sprung forward (or should have) an hour. Upon awakening (on time), a verse from Psalms sprung into my conscious mind.
That verse, Psalm 143:8: “Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.”
May we hear God’s lovingkindness in the morning.
May our steps be directed by God.
May our souls be lifted onto God.
Posted 3-10-25
The spring 2025 Amish mud sale season is underway
By Steven Brodsky
… Community unity, volunteerism, and beneficence are at the core of Amish mud sales.
Mud sales generate funds for fire departments in Amish communities.
Photo by Steven Brodsky
Psalm 133:1: “BEHOLD, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”
May the spring 2025 Amish mud sale season be highly successful!
Posted 3-7-25
Matthew 22:37-38: ‘Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.’
By Steven Brodsky
If you are getting back to the heart of worship (where it’s all about Jesus!) or are there now, hallelujah.
If you need help getting to this heart of worship or staying there (everyone does), prayerfully ask for God’s assistance and read the Bible.
Posted 3-5-25
In the ‘valley’
By Steven Brodsky
Photo by Steven Brodsky
… God can enable flowers to grow in the valley!
Posted 2-20-25
Inside San Quentin’s yard
By Steven Brodsky
… was the venue for Ben Fuller to perform and to share some of his testimony (about God’s grace in his life) with San Quentin inmates.
From that ministry opportunity:
Ben Fuller, and others, will be performing in Lancaster County, PA at WJTL Fest on Saturday, May 17, 2025. Visit WJTL Fest – The Junction Center | WJTL for information and a link to purchase tickets.
Posted 2-3-25
We’re ‘the reason that He went to the cross’
By Steven Brodsky
… Let’s “look up and see the cross.”
Isaiah 53 (KJV) – Who hath believed our report?
Posted 1-28-25
Feeling that God is against you?
By Steven Brodsky
… God has unfathomably great plans for those who are His!
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Romans-8-28/
Posted 1-26-25
One of the blessings of the godly in more advanced years
By Steven Brodsky
… is the capacity to continue to bear (wonderful/prime) fruit.
What a blessing that is, as the psalmist no doubt had observed prior to penning Psalm 92!
Take special note of Psalm 92:14: https://www.blueletterbible.org/nlt/psa/92/1/s_570001.
Posted 1-22-25
White as the snow that fell last night
By Steven Brodsky
… on this tree, is the cleansed-of-the-stain-of-sin condition of those who have truly accepted God as their Lord and Savior:
Photo by Steven Brodsky
Isaiah 1:18: “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
Posted 1-20-25
What might the words that we’ve spoken since the start of 2025 reveal about our hearts?
By Steven Brodsky
… This rhetorical question may be invaluable to some of us.
Luke 6:45: “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.”
What does it mean that “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” (Luke 6:45)? | GotQuestions.org
Whatever might accurately be revealed by examining our words, it’s prudent to be mindful that God is a transformer of hearts!
Psalm 51:10: “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”
Posted 1-17-25
‘Christmas Gone Viral’
By Steven Brodsky
May Christmas Gone Viral temporally and eternally bless readers of this column.
Christmas Gone Viral | Full Movie 2017 – YouTube
Posted 12-6-24
‘Closer than a brother’
By Steven Brodsky
… is the friend identified in “God Really Loves Us”:
If you have the same friend, may your “life testify hallelujah”!
James 2:23: “And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.”
John 15:15: “Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.”
Posted 12-5-24
Hallelujah for hard fought hallelujahs
By Steven Brodsky
… and hallelujah for Brandon Lake’s “Hard Fought Hallelujah.”
A powerful video:
Psalm 34:1: “I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.”
Of course, dear readers, there may be times when such blessings and praise will be hard fought.
Posted 11-21-24
To commemorate Billy Graham’s birthday (and for other reasons): ‘How to Get to Heaven’
By Steven Brodsky
… sharing this video (recorded in 1963):
Billy Graham was born on November 7, 1918.
He got to heaven on February 21, 2018.
A 2018 interview titled “Rev. Billy Graham’s Passing: A Revisit With Paul Heil, Host of ‘The Gospel Greats’ Radio Show” is posted at: Conversations With Paul Heil, Founder and Former Host of ‘The Gospel Greats’ Radio Show – delcoculturevultures.com.
Posted 11-7-24
I don’t know
By Steven Brodsky
Photo by Steven Brodsky
… if Rocky Raccoon, the fictional character in the Beatles’ “Rocky Raccoon,” actually read any words in the Bible that was placed in a hotel room by The Gideons International.
I can tell you that many people have been eternally blessed by their having read verses in Gideons-placed Bibles.
Lives have been transformed.
About The Gideons International: https://www.gideons.org/about.
About “Rocky Raccoon”: https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-beatles/rocky-raccoon.
Posted 10-25-24
God’s children
By Steven Brodsky
… can take God at His word.
Philippians 1:6: “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:”
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