December 12, 2024 Impartial Giving! Impartial Giving! My brother Griffin and I sat on the floor before the roaring fireplace in our old farmhouse. We were eager to peruse the big Sears, Roebuck Catalog’s toys section and pick the ones we wanted Santa to bring down our chimney on Christmas Eve. We knew he wouldn’t. We …
December 5, 2024, The Sunset Rule Divisiveness, polarization, blanket blame, and distrust have beset us as a nation, largely due to political mayhem spawned through social media and other influential “news” outlets. Too many people are controlled by anger. “Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry” (Ephesians 4:26b NLT). …
September 21, 2024, The LORD is my Shepherd! I would be traumatized now if I did not remember that “The LORD is my shepherd” (Psalm 23:1). “You have eyes—can’t you see? You have ears—can’t you hear? Don’t you remember anything at all?” (Mark 8:18 NLT). The LORD is my Shepherd! Jesus, as the Angel of …
November 14, 2024, “Rest in the LORD” Although I am still not depressed, I do feel like many others, that as a nation, we are in a storm that the enemy has contrived. “I have been young, and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread” (Psalm 37:25 NKJV). …
Nov 6, 2024, No Depression “This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it” (Psalm 118:24 NKJV). No Depression! No, it did not turn out like I thought it should, but God said, “My thoughts are not your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:8). The way the presidential election …
October 31, 2024, Stoned or a Living Stone? These are desperate times! We the people of the United States are about to answer the implicit question that was rhetorically phrased by Benjamin Franklin in a response to a question posed to him 237 years ago. As he walked out of Constitution Hall in Philadelphia at the …
October 24,2024, The Missing Ingredient “Nevertheless, I have this against you, that you have left your first love” (Revelation 2:4, NKJV). The Missing Ingredient There was a ’70s R & B group called, “The Main Ingredient” whose hit song was, “Everybody Plays the Fool.” As we approach the most significant election of our …
October 17, 2024, Who Are You? “Now when the tempter came to Him, he [Satan] said, ‘If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.’” (Matthew 4:3, NKJV). Who Are You? Really! Do you know who you are? What I mean is, do you know convincingly, decisively, without any doubt who …
October 10,2024, It’s Not Too Hard For GOD “I am the LORD, the God of all the peoples of the world. Is anything too hard for me?” (Jeremiah 32:27, NLT). It’s Not Too Hard for God! “Thank you, and I have no complaints because I see God’s hand during my healing! He has already orchestrated …
October 3, 2024, An Undivided Heart As a young unmarried man, dating and trying to live holy, I was often surrounded by temptation! Someone said to me, “You have to try on a shoe before you buy it.” But marriage cannot be compared to buying shoes. Shoes are temporary. Marriages are meant to be permanent. As of …