Fermentation starts, the wine bubbles, the wineskin stretches. Lookout. * * * Biblical illustrations paint pictures. They issue warnings, and metaphorically speaking, yesterday’s wineskin is no good for today. A new one is needed. The elderly couple stands on the street corner, waiting in the drizzle. He looks at his watch, comments, “Should be here in …

“Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour.” 1 Peter 5:8 *** How much manpower do you suppose it takes to keep the fires of hell raging hot? Peter was a fisherman, and fishermen are prone to exaggeration. He must have felt the heat …

“Every hand’s a winner, and every hand’s a loser.” The Gambler lyrics *** We spend a lot of time trying to win and avoid losing. It’s life’s obsession, this game of winning or losing. And we come by it naturally. We won the moment we drew our first breath, and we’ll keep on winning until …