TheDiscipleMD Those who say that, “If God loved us, He wouldn’t let such bad things happen”, have always puzzled me. To me, the conclusion they have drawn is much like a story I heard: “A research scientist once conducted a study on the common house fly. He miraculously taught a fly to jump over a […]
Archive for June, 2020

Hope For The Lamentations Of An Aging Man


TheDiscipleMD A recent instructor of a Sunday School class said, “When I was in my early twenties I never thought I would be fifty. But here I am.” I remember having the same thoughts. I specifically recall, as a boy, figuring up how old I would be in the year 2000. It seemed so far […]

“I Want You to Never Forget That Jesus Exists!”


TheDiscipleMd (As told to me by a man in his eighties that I have great admiration for, and who has led an exemplary life) It was 1959. My family was on vacation and was returning home. On the drive I started to have thoughts about my Dad and could not concentrate on anything else. When […]

My Father’s Obituary


THEDISCIPLEMD 1927 ~ 2020 There are few “great” men who are born into this world. There are even fewer that are considered “great and noble.” Garth A. Stephenson (1927-2020) was one of the latter. His life transcended even the most flowering words of adoration that have come from the minds of the greatest poets and […]