Posts by Ben Strohbehn
Home Sweet Home
Ben Strohbehn An architect can design a house. A contractor can build a house. But only God can transform a house into a home. Do you remember the song, “Home, Sweet Home”? Remember how it begins? ‘Mid pleasures and palaces, Though we may warn, Be it ever so humble, There’s no place like home. But…
Read MoreBy Their Parents Ye Shall Know Them
What you are, you may expect your child to be Ben Strohbehn “By their parents ye shall know them” is not a quotation from Scripture. It is a Biblical statement, however, for the Bible says “Isaiah, the son of Amoz,” “Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah,” “James, the son of Zebedee,” “James, the son of Alphaeus,”…
Read MoreWith This Ring
Ben Strohbehn A fellow and a girl who wed Begin to live as one ‘tis said, But many couples can’t agree Which one of them they wish to be “It’s not that they fight or anything,” Sally tried to explain to her pastor, “It’s just that whenever I’m in the same room with them I…
Read MorePassing the Torch – My Timothy
Ben Strohbehn The letter was signed “Your Timothy”— one of the greatest commendations a senior pastor can receive. This came to me from one who once served as a member of our pastoral staff. He is now serving as senior pastor of another church to which the Lord led him. This unique closing of his…
Read MoreA Christian Father
Ben Strohbehn A father was one day teaching his little boy what manner of man a Christian is. When the lesson was finished, the father was stunned when the boy asked, “Daddy, have I ever seen a Christian?” Undoubtedly many children today are asking this same question of their own fathers. So let’s face it,…
Read MoreHow Much do we Love our Children? (3)
Ben Strohbehn This is the third of three parts • One • Two From Dr. Strohbehn’s introduction to part one: In essence Solomon says that the more dearly he was loved by his parents (“I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother”), the more carefully was he taught…
Read MoreHow Much do we Love our Children? (2)
Ben Strohbehn This is the second of three parts • One • Three From Dr. Strohbehn’s introduction to part one: In essence Solomon says that the more dearly he was loved by his parents (“I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother”), the more carefully was he taught…
Read MoreHow Much do we Love our Children? (1)
Ben Strohbehn This is the first of three parts • Two • Three “For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words; keep my commandments, and live” (Proverbs 4:3- 4). Thus does Solomon give…
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