This Ain’t Yo Momma’s Church
I guess I should have expected it, but I just was not ready for the commercial I heard recently. My family and I were driving out of town and listening to a popular radio...
Parental Guidance
Peter Pan came back to the silver screen through the imaginative perspective of Steven Spielberg’s Hook.
When Peter Pan originally opened as a play in London, author Sir J. M. Barrie found himself on the...
A Church Where Visitors Are Not Expected to Give
Money can be a sensitive topic.
Many have been turned away from Christianity because of religious leaders’ attitudes toward money. Not a few had bad personal experiences in churches due to it. It is not...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (April 11, 2019)
To Be Content
“Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content” (Philippians 4:11)
Plato hit the nail on the head when he observed that...
Christians Make Me Nervous
“And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch” (Acts 11:26).
Christianity is under attack. It has always been and will always be. Why? The answer is found in the Scriptures: “This is the condemnation,...
The ABCs of Scripture
A A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger. —Proverbs 15:1
B Be ye kind one to another. —Ephesians 4:32
C Create in me a clean heart, O God;...
The Day the Cricket Attended Church
AS A YOUTH, I squirmed through many a worship service. This particular Sunday was to have an added distraction.
As soon as the preacher got up to deliver his sermon, a cricket walked out onto...
The Value of Discipline
Bill Toomey ranks as one of America's great twentieth-century athletes.
He brought the gold medal for the decathlon back to the United States in the 1960s. I was a member of Bill Toomey's track team...
What about “Death Bed” Salvation?
The emphasis of the Bible concerning salvation is always on “today.”
Quoting Isaiah, Paul said, “In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in the day of salvation I have helped you. Behold, now...
The Consequences of Drinking
How well do I remember
It was the last of last December.
When my mind began to flutter:
—I fell into the gutter!
And a hog came and lay down by my side.
While we lay there, in a...