Dale's Devotionals

Devotional 0 Introduction / Prelude Devotional 1 The Converted Rabbi Devotional 2 The Chaplin Speaks to the Soldiers Devotional 3 One Soldier Trust's Devotional 4 The Chaplin teaches on Salvation Devo [...]

BS-38 ‘What about You’   Have you ever thought about what God might be thinking as he looks down from the heavens and wonders ‘what in the world is happening on planet earth’? How does a person l [...]

Introduction Draft – Rev.4 It was March twenty-eighth, just two days after Bengi Shindler’s twenty-ninth birthday. Outside of his apartment the sun was shining brightly but the outside temperature was [...]

BS 42 - ‘Numbers' 3 WHY not 1 The number 3 in the Bible represents divine wholeness, completeness, and perfection. It is the Devine stamp; only in the Christian Faith is Deity with the Father, Son, an [...]

BS-39 ‘Faith’ How can the word Faith be defined? Some people might tell you to read Hebrews 11:1-3 in the bible, which reads “Now faith is the certainty of things hoped for, a proof of things not seen [...]

BS-41 ‘Baptism’ When you hear the word ‘baptism’ spoken what is it that you think of? To start with what does it mean? The word comes from the Greek word baptizo, meaning to immerse. People who profes [...]

BS-37 Seven (7) Provisions for Salvation God Provides Adoption Jesus made me a part of God’s Family Romans 8:22-23 Forgiveness Jesus paid for my Sins (Took my place) Col. 1:14 Justification Jesus made [...]

BS 36 ‘A Good Deed’   The dictionary defines a good deed as “an Act or Gesture from which you get no benefit for yourself when doing something nice for another person”. As I thought about the mea [...]

BS 35 ‘You’ Have you ever thought about the day YOU were born? Were YOU born a Christian, or maybe a Jew? Some are born into families of the Catholic or the Muslim faith. Maybe some are born into a fa [...]

BS-34 ‘Characteristic of antichrist’ Lesson point: know about antichrist but hope you never meet him.   What does scripture say about the coming antichrist as the end of time approaches? First of [...]

BS-33 ’Bible passages’ To study and talk about in detail   Exodus 20 – The 10 Commandments. Jeremiah 31 – Galatians 3 - Hebrews 8 – 2 Cor. 3 - A New Covenant. 2 Corinthians 3 – It is the Holy Spi [...]

BS–32 ‘When’ Lesson point: What does scripture teach about the second coming?   Here is a Question. When will Jesus return; what does Luke 21, Mathew 24, and Mark 13 say to us who have questions [...]

BS – 31 'What are some of the signs of your return, Jesus..??'   Lesson Point – We can study the signs BUT not the When. Questions for you, at the bottom. That question was asked about 2000 years [...]

BS-49 ‘Jesus, the Christ is God, the Son’   The Deity of Christ Jesus (Only God can claim DEITY.) Just as my BS-6 talks about Jesus; this too is a reminder of who HE is. John 1:1. In the beginnin [...]

BS-30 ‘the Plague’ Lesson Point – Does God cause or does HE allow PLAGUES to exist? QUESTION – 1. What is a plague? ANS. – A contagious disease making people sick and often killing many of them. In to [...]

BS - 29 ‘Covenant(s)   According to my Dictionary Concordance the Covenant(s) were established by God defining His relationship with man; that is IF they followed through with and obeyed what was [...]

BS-40 ‘The Wedding’   Have you ever been to a wedding? In many cases the bride’s father gives her away. He entrust her to another man to cleave to; to take as partners; then they go on their own [...]

BS-5 ‘Who is Father God’? Lesson Point - From what the Holy Bible teaches; who is God?   When you ‘think’ of ‘God’, who is it that you are thinking about? The Father, Son, or Holy Spirit? When yo [...]

BS-52 ‘Mysteries-2’   How many times have you read a passage in scripture and then said to yourself, “Pretty deep stuff.” So you go to your study bible, maybe your commentary, or go online and go [...]

Bible Study 1 What does scripture have to say about many of our Questions? Bible Study 2 When scripture uses the word ALL, who is included? Bible Study 3 What words have described your name, ‘Jesus’? [...]

BS-21 – ‘Scripture Words’   Scripture uses many words to describe or identify a thought trying to be explained. Some Words to ponder; what do they mean? Faith – The bible definition is in the boo [...]

BS-20 – ‘The RIGHETOUS?’   Are there any who are Righteous besides the Lord?   Scripture reads that there is only one who is truly GOOD; that’s God. So what about RIGHTEOUS; are there any, b [...]

BS – 19 ‘The Carnal Christian’ Introduction Have you ever thought about what it must be like to claim Jesus as your Savior & Lord but still not live a fulling happy abundant life; sometimes feelin [...]

BS - 18 ‘Prayer’ Lesson Point – What is Prayer   Webster = ‘A solemn petition addressed to an object of worship.’ Another way to say it; “It is respective dialog between the people and God.” Scri [...]

BS-16 Lesson Point - Heaven; is there such a place? A comment to start with; without our bible as our reference to tell us of God, of heaven, of hell, of angels and other various heavenly things; how [...]

Fictional Book of the Month   January Cool Mom: A Drew Kasey Chronicle February Aviator Wings: A Drew Kasey Chronicle * March Navy Hero: A Drew Kasey Chronicle * April Pentagon Assignment: A Drew [...]

Devotional – 0 Introduction / Prelude – ‘the Converted Rabbi’   The following short stories in this series of DEVOTIONALS are intended to take a fictional story and mix it with scripture. I thoug [...]

Chapter – 52 ‘The Funeral’ Midweek service had completed and Valentine was driving toward the farm; Rebekah’s phone broke the silence of the moment. She answered and it was Grandpa Jesse; they talked [...]

Chapter – 51 ‘The unexpected Happens’   Valentine was just hanging up the phone as Rebekah walked in the back door. She had just met with Sophia and Jana for lunch and was excited to tell Jaye wh [...]

BS- 28 ‘Judas’   Judas is a name that most knowledgeable Christians have heard about. Do we think ‘traitor’ or do we think; in the great PLAN of God that someone had to be the deceiver so that th [...]

BS- 27 ‘Legalism’ What is Legalism? Webster defines it as the principle of strict adherence; salvation by good works or precise religious regulations of conduct; not by Grace. It comes from a person w [...]

BS- 26 ‘the Blessed’   What or who are blessed? – In scripture the Greek word ‘makarios’ is used by Christ and it has the meaning of fortunate, happiness of the highest kind, or blessed. It occur [...]

BS-25 High Priest, Intercessor, Mediator, Counsellor, & Judge Jesus, the name that is above every name is God the Son. He is also the light that shows us the way. Even before creation He already k [...]

BS-24 ‘I AM that I AM’ ‘God is self-existent and eternal’ With no beginning; no end. Introduction: The first place I remember seeing the ‘I AM’ words is in Exodus 3:13-14. Moses was on a mountain; he [...]

BS-23 ‘The Trumpet’ In scripture, does the trumpet have significance? A Question – What happened at Jericho when the trumpets were blown? Was it the LAST trumpet? ___ (no) How many times was it blown [...]

BS-6 – ‘Who is God, the Son’ Is Jesus the Messiah, the Christ; the anointed one?   When you ‘think’ of God, who is it that you are thinking about? The Father, Son, or Holy Spirit? When you ‘say’ [...]

BS-17 'Angels - Created to serve GOD' The word in Hebrew and Greek means MESSENGER. They are ‘created’ beings with a primary purpose or function, to serve and worship GOD. In Heaven, once the saved be [...]

Bible Study-15 Lesson Point - Can mankind totally understand the many Mysteries of God? Question-1. Is there a formula to understand the scriptures; if so why are there still mysteries out there when [...]

BS-13 ‘Is there a Reason – WHY’ Lesson Point – Why did God give us a Rule Book?   Question 1 - Why do some ‘good’ people go to Hell..? [Good - from the world’s point of view] Question 2 - Why do [...]

BS -12 ‘The first Christmas’ The Gospel of Luke   The first Christmas is when God used HIS omnipotent power to father a child, a mortal, so that a newer covenant mentioned in Jeremiah 31:31-34 wo [...]

BS-14, Lesson Point - ‘What you or I DO; we are to DO unto the Lord’ So, am I pleasing, even at times, Lord?   Question – 1. Have you ever had one of those bad days? Sometimes it seems that MURPH [...]

BS-22 ‘Triune God’ Father, Son, and Holy Spirit = Trinity Reference BS 5 – 6 – 7. Question: Is the word trinity written in the Bible? NO: Is it implied? YES The three most frequent scriptures that are [...]

Chapter – 50 ‘Yosef teaches on the Obsolete’   Yosef was in his study early; thinking about a sermon he wanted to teach; it had been on his mind for several weeks. It was something that he would [...]

Chapter – 49 ‘Ruben flips the Coin’ Tomorrow the lab was closing its doors on the scientific project. The group would meet for a dinner and then move on to some new adventure in their journey known as [...]

Chapter – 48 ‘Rebekah discovers a new Friend’   Rebekah was on her way to meet Oley’s sister. She had gone back to NY City and made arrangements to switch job functions. She could work from home; [...]

Chapter – 47 ‘Yosef teaches a lesson on Fruit’   It was a cool Saturday evening as guest started arriving at the CENTER for the evening service. Yosef had spent several hours preparing the messag [...]

Chapter – 46 ‘The Youth meet in Valentines Barn’ Pastor Valentine had just finished talking to the youth. He also prayed for a safe and fun outing as they prepared to get on the two buses; the guys wo [...]

Devotional – 45 ‘Mar’yam meets Rex’ It was February; there was a new employee working for Ben Levi. She was slender and of medium height; her hair was dark brown but looked almost black. She didn’t ap [...]

Chapter – 44 ‘Reuben makes a choice’   It was four weeks later; the experimentation lab was going through a transition. It would take another month to finalize and close down the research on the [...]

Chapter – 43 ‘Valentine visits a friend’   Valentine had just dropped Rebekah at the church entrance. She needed to hurry to her class and prepare a couple of verses for her youth group. The new [...]

Chapter – 42 ‘Pastor Caleb Preaches’   It was two Saturday’s prior to Christmas; the thermometer was near the freezing point as Valentines dad was preparing a message for his congregation. He had [...]

Chapter – 41 ‘Who is God ask Yosef’   The following week as Yosef was preparing to speak at the CENTER on the following Saturday evening, his mind was going through cartwheels; he wanted to talk [...]

Chapter – 40 ‘Mar’yam Shuster moves to Brooklyn’   Just four days earlier Mar’yam Shuster had received a letter from the man who had supported her with a monthly check for almost thirty years. He [...]

Chapter – 39 ‘The youth Pastor is Questioned’   There were about ten of the men sitting at the half dozen tables when Valentine and grandpa arrived. The back section in the restaurant was always [...]

Chapter – 38 ‘Rebekah teaches her testimony’   Rebekah had often thought about what she might say the first time she would share her Christian testimony with a group. Today was the day she would [...]

Devotional – 37 – Rebekah listens to grandpa   It was the coldest day of the ‘FALL’ season. Valentine had told his wife that grandpa and he would have a bowl of soup for lunch; they were over an [...]

Chapter – 36 ‘Reuben back at work’   The day was a Friday; it had been four weeks since Reuben had left the Gorsech home and returned to work. His first day back on the job had been eventful; his [...]

Chapter – 35 ‘Yosef camps in Israel’   Yosef had just arranged to have five other young married couples, who attended services at the CENTER, spend a Friday evening camping near Beersheba. They w [...]

Chapter – 34 ‘At Valentines Farm’ Valentine and grandpa were in the older work truck making their rounds and talking. The sun was shining brightly but it was only fifty degrees and it was close to noo [...]

Chapter – 33 ‘Yosef a Chaplin in Israel’   Two weeks after returning from Brooklyn Yosef stood at the podium in the CENTER, to speak the truths of scripture to a small group in the city of Tel Av [...]

Chapter – 32 ‘Rebekah teaches a lesson’   Several of the teens were waiting in chapel for Rebekah to enter. Most of them had made a commitment for serving the Lord months earlier while attending [...]

Chapter – 31 ‘Yosef becomes a Chaplin in Israel’   Two weeks after returning to Tel Aviv, Yosef was at the CENTER, as the new designated Chaplin, preparing a message for the Saturday evening Devo [...]

Chapter – 30 ‘Rebekah talks with Reuben’   The Gorsech home was quiet as Rebekah walked toward the kitchen. She smelled coffee brewing and smiled to herself. A few more steps and she could see he [...]

Chapter – 29 ‘Yosef returns to Israel’   The evening prior to Yosef leaving America, he asked his sister to take a ride with him, to visit Grandpa Jesse for a few moments. He had some questions h [...]

Chapter – 28 ‘Back at the Sargent’s farm’ The next week; the week that Valentine returned home from Brooklyn the temperature dropped several degrees. He was about to put a jacket on and go to the barn [...]

Chapter – 27 ’Reuben visits Brooklyn’   Still in Brooklyn, Rueben was going to spend a couple of weeks visiting before returning to his scientific project. The team consisted of five, three of th [...]

Chapter – 26 ‘An afternoon in Brooklyn’ It was Sunday, the family were all together. Valentine and Rebekah pulled on their jackets to take a walk. The sun was shining but the air was brisk as they wal [...]

Chapter – 25 ‘The Sargent’s visit to Brooklyn’ In Brooklyn, the Gorsech family had just finished the Holiday meal and were gathering in the family room; Yosef was asked by an uncle, “How was it you be [...]

Chapter – 24 ‘An Answered Prayer’   Sitting beside Yosef on the platform was his recent brother-in-law. Tonight would be the final event of the week and there had been several meaningful decision [...]

Chapter - 23 ‘What is Love’   The former military CHAPLIN was once again speaking in the football stadium, in Valentines hometown. He was telling the audience about his upbringing; he was born a [...]

Chapter – 22 ‘Yosef leads the Youth Rally’   In Uniontown the revival would be going into the second evening sessions; starting in just three hours. Valentine had quit working earlier than normal [...]

Bible Study - 11 ‘Your Testimony’ Lesson Point - “Should every Saved or Born again Child of God have a testimonial that tells or describes their Christian conversion experience?” Just a question that [...]

Chapter – 21 ‘The Rabbi visits Valentines Farm’ This was the second day in a row that the clouds of heaven opened up and rain was pouring down. It was a good break from the hard work that Valentine wa [...]

Chapter – 20 ‘Planning a trip out East’ The next week Valentine and his grandpa were in the small city of Uniontown to purchase some feed for the livestock. While they were there; they drove by the nu [...]

Chapter – 19 ‘The Sargent’s farm’ The Pastor went to the first youth meeting with Rebekah and introduced her as his new daughter-in-law and the teenaged girl’s new counselor. He went to the back of th [...]

Chapter – 18 ‘The Sargent goes Home’ Ten days later Valentine and Rebekah were just landing on a Pennsylvania airstrip. It was a Thursday afternoon and the temperature was in the mid-seventies. He tol [...]

Chapter – 17 ‘Does the Rabbi’s Sister becomes a Bride’ It was a Sunday morning in Tel Aviv. The Jewish Sabbath was over and people were going to and fro buying things at the market. Valentine would be [...]

Chapter – 16 ‘Valentine receives a Letter’ Tomorrow would be the last day at the geological site for Rebekah. They would be going back to the city and she would be back doing her mission work. Tonight [...]

BS-9 ‘DEATH; What then?’ Rev.-3 I was thinking about a few friends who have gone on to eternity; some were fearful about the thought of death but a few were ready; thinking that there was something be [...]

BS-8 ‘the Fallen Angel; Satan – Hell’ Introduction Like each of the Bible Studies, they will have a topic to study. This study has a mixture. [Satan & Hell.]   Fallen Angel [Satan – Adversary [...]

Bible Study – 10 The Chosen – the Foreordained – the Elect– the Predestined   Lesson Point How does scripture read concerning the topics title? Does God intervene at times and make a choice for u [...]

Chapter – 15 ‘Rebekah visits a Site’ The next evening as the sun was just going down; the colors were amazing as Rebekah looked to the west and watched as the dimness started to fade. Earlier as she w [...]

BS-7 ‘Who is God the Holy Spirit?’ What the Bible teaches about the 3rd person of the Trinity. Devine’ Holy Trinity = Father, Son, Holy Spirit First of all this is a longer and more in-depth study so [...]

Chapter – 14 ‘The Rabbi’s Sister watches a Gypsy Wedding’ Later in the month, on a Wednesday afternoon, Rebekah had been busy helping the Global Missions staff with a two year plan. The budget was the [...]

Chapter – 13 ‘The Rabbi’s Sister walks with Valentine’ Cont… The CENTER was filled with activity. Rebekah was busy helping with refreshments and greeting her friends and a few of the visitors who were [...]

Chapter - 12 ‘The Rabbi’s Sister on-Mission’   As Yosef and Rebekah left the loft of Valentines, she remarked, “I was caught off guard when your friend answered the door barefooted, wearing only [...]

Chapter – 11 ‘The Rabbi’s Sister’ Yosef Gorsech was at the Brooklyn City Bank with his grandpa. He finally completed the paperwork needed to make it official. Both he and his twin sister would be mult [...]

Chapter – 10 ‘Yosef makes a Discovery’ The chopper was just about to land at the mini base camp commanded by Major Cox. Sargent Valentine and Chaplin Yosef would be flying back to the HQ base camp soo [...]

BS-6 – ‘Who is God, the Son’ Is Jesus the Messiah or maybe Christ the anointed one?   When you think of God, who is it that you are thinking about? The Father, Son, or Holy Spirit? When you say L [...]

Chapter – 9 ‘The Chaplin receives New Orders’   Today was Valentines twenty-ninth birthday. There would be no cake or ice cream and certainly no happy birthday sung around a camp fire. It was ove [...]

Chapter – 8 ‘Letters for the Soldiers’ Three weeks went by with only two engagements with the enemy. The Major had been ordered to stay on the hill and provide the hedge, or a space that would keep th [...]

  Chapter – 7 ‘The Chaplin meets Valentine’ There was a distinct sound coming from the south. It sounded like the noise of a swirling rotor on a chopper. “Maybe there would be replacements coming [...]

Chapter – 6 ‘The battle rages for the Soldiers’ Six weeks in the combat zone was just coming to a close for company 538. Most wondered when they would be going back to Base camp for a few days. Major [...]

Documents/Word/BibleStudies/BS-5 BS-5 ‘Who is Father God’? From what the Holy Bible teaches.   When you think of God, who is it that you are thinking about? The Father, Son, or Holy Spirit? When [...]

BS – 4 ‘Faith’ Lesson point: Can I Be Sure that I Have True Faith   INTRODUCTION All people are either of-Christ or they, without knowing, default as anti-Christ. It doesn’t have to mean that the [...]

Chapter – 5 ‘Who has the Gift’ Chaplin Yosef had been the last to ascend the hill once the four platoons had established themselves in strategic positions. Those had been his orders; the Major did not [...]

Chapter – 4 ‘The Chaplin teaches on Salvation’   It was the sixth day since Graham, one of the soldiers, had died while advancing on an enemy location. Commander Holt had completed a short letter [...]

Chapter – 3 ‘One Soldier Trust’s’ It had been five days since Commander Holt had repented & given his heart to the Lord. The young men were watching him more closely now to see if he used some of [...]

Bible Study – 3 ‘Names’ Lesson point: What scriptural words have described your name, ‘Jesus’?   Description Scripture Text .Advocate 1 John 2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to y [...]

Bible Study – 2 “ALL” Lesson Point: When scripture uses the word ALL, who is included?   Romans 3:23- “All have sinned”; it means ALL fall short of the divine standard. ` * What is that STANDARD; [...]

Bible Study – 1 ‘WHY’ Lesson Point: What does scripture have to say about many of our Questions? ** Question-1; WHY would any of us choose to read or study our bible? A Bible Study must mean your bibl [...]

Chapter - 2 ‘The Chaplin speaks to Soldiers’ The young Chaplin walking behind the medic had once studied as a Jewish Rabbi; now he was a Lieutenant in the Army serving as a soldier. He had once taught [...]

  Chapter -1 The Converted Rabbi joins the Army   The Chaplin was in the hanger waiting for the military plane to load. As he looked around, on this first assignment, there seemed to be abou [...]

Devotional???s Prelude ??? the ???Converted Rabbi??? [DG]   The following fifty short chapter fictional is intended to take the story and mix it with scripture. I thought about some of the parabl [...]