By: Obed Pineda On a frigid Wednesday, when heavy sheets of rain had been pouring all day, there sat a man on a bench at a bus stop, waiting for his bus to arrive. He sat there, hoping that he had come to the right stop since it had not…
By: Obed Pineda In every penal code, there are certain regulations weaved by legislators as boundaries to the law, focused on securing the protection of a defendant’s rights, and simultaneously disallowing any abuse of power by members of law enforcement (police, prosecuting attorney, or judge) with the authority entrusted to…
By: Obed Pineda There are a multiple of cherished legends etched in the pages of history that tell the tales of the ancient kingdom of Camelot and its fabled ruler, Arthur Pendragon, best known by his moniker, King Arthur. Some of the Arthurian legends (as they are often referred to)…
By: Obed Pineda Holy Writ declares through the quill of the apostle to the Gentiles, “What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding” (1st Corinthians…
By: Obed Pineda When a person stops to observe the world surrounding him, if that person is upright and humble, he will marvel such as David did and wonder, “What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him” (Psalm 8:4)? There…
By: Obed Pineda “Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.” (Micah 7:18, emphasis added). When the prophet Micah was Divinely inspired to write these words, Judah…
By: Obed Pineda As the road toward Golgotha began to wind down, the Master was keenly aware that His time with His disciples was soon to expire. When their path led them to Jerusalem “six days before the Passover,” as the beloved disciple tells it, the Lord imparted a series…
By: Obed Pineda “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” (Matthew 5:6) When a traveler is crossing the scorching, arid sands of the desert, the sudden appearance of a verdant tract of land notifies him of the presence of a perennial source of…
By: Obed Pineda Of the plethora of lessons I received from my beloved mentor, there is one that I fondly remember. He and I were in attendance at the funeral of a faithful sister in Christ and had just arrived at the gravesite where her remains were going to be…
By: Obed Pineda During operation “Desert Storm,” the US government approved to send several fleets of fighter jets overseas to an undisclosed location in the Middle East. However, as the fleets began to land at their designated station a problem presented itself for the operation. The location that had been…