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...
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...
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;...
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...
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...
Cleaning Up Bad Language
John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious, and often laced with profanity. John tried...
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...