October 2006
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I am Bill’s Eyes
Mark Roberts
Everyone has two. Some have four. If you lost us your world would be dark and difficult. You can paint around us to “enhance your beauty” (2 Kings 9:30). A touch from Jesus heals us (Matthew 20:33). We make the world come alive with color and beautiful scenery. We gave Memory those wonderful pictures in bygone days he now uses to stir up emotions. We show our owner the faces of people he loves. We are Bill’s eyes.
You Can Plug It!
Robert Turner
In my boyhood days my hometown in Kentucky was a “trade center”. Each Saturday, and on “County Court Monday” farmers brought their produce to town and used the opportunity to trade knives, hound dogs, “$2. Pistols” and hard liquor.
A New Translation
Mark Roberts
As I recently announced, I am moving toward using a new translation of the Bible: the English Standard Version (ESV). Readers of Abundant Life will also note this as they find quotations of Scripture to be from the ESV instead of the New King James Version (NKJV). I have used the NKJV for years and I love it and appreciate it as a fine translation. However, the new ESV is, in my opinion, just better.