I was so tired of walking the mall from store to store. I just wanted to sit down and wait for the girls. I saw a bench with an old man sitting there and he smiled as I walked over to sit down. I smiled back. He looked safe.As I sat down he looked at me and said, “Do...
"Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? But your ancestors did, and so do you!" Acts 7:51 NLTTraditions can build up or tear down.My family had a number of traditions. One was at Christmas. Mom either cooked a meal or prepared finger foods. When all were finished...
"I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His Kingdom: preach the Word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching." 2 Timothy...
"And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light." (Gen 1:3, NIV2)How many times don't we go through life hoping for the light to shine through? Left to our own devices, we hardly have a chance. We worry and worry and worry even more, without any positive...
It was a warm evening in June. I was a young dad, sitting in a lawn chair, holding my baby boy on my lap. My wife and I had just rented an old house with a big yard. Her uncle along with his wife and two, young daughters had dropped by to pay us a visit. As we adults...
We are only ten short days from Christmas. This weekend I preached at a Christmas Conference. I taught Scriptures and told stories to inspire people to make Christ widely known like the Shepherds did after they had witnessed the birth of Jesus. One of the stories I...
"I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own that...