18 Jan Humbled by the Spirit
I was late out of the house for a breakfast meeting this week. It was just a few minutes, no big deal. Then it happened. I’m at a four-way stop. A young lady to my left goes straight. I made a left behind her and...
11 Jan “Legacy”
"Heroes get remembered, but legends never die," The ghost of Babe Ruth in the 1993 movie “ The Sandlot.” It’s true that many sports heroes seem to live on forever: Ruth, Lombardi, DiMaggio, to name just a few. It’s also true that a lot of people...
04 Jan What You See Depends on How You Look at It
I always get a kick out of those pictures that appear to be of different things, depending upon the angle at which you view them. It might be a young woman from one perspective, or a very old woman from another. Or maybe a horse...
28 Dec Is Jesus Really “The Reason for The Season?”
I heard something recently on a Christian radio station that made me cringe…until I digested what the host had said. He mentioned that his pastor shared that Jesus isn’t really the reason for the season. You are. My initial thought was, oh boy, the last...
21 Dec Is “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” Anti-Gospel?
Here is the Final Jeopardy Clue from the episode of “Jeopardy” that aired on December 12: A 1964 review of this TV special, still played today, mentions “trials as an outcast” & “the songs of Johnny Marks.” Ramona and I were out for dinner, and Jeopardy was...
14 Dec The Battle is Real Because The Enemy Is Real
I (and others) have said it many times before: Satan’s most brilliant and deadly tactic has been to convince so many people that he’s not real. I preach often about spiritual warfare, but who is going to fight what they believe is an imaginary enemy?...
07 Dec Jesus in Another Parking Lot
“I Met Jesus in a Parking Lot” is a song by the contemporary Christian group Cochren & Company. It’s the story of how frontman Michael Cochren came to Christ. I wasn’t saved in a parking lot, but I did have an encounter with Jesus recently...
30 Nov When Gratitude is Difficult
Many of us are still recovering from the annual overeating fest known as Thanksgiving. Others spent Thursday alone, hungry, or desperate, or possibly all three. All of us who have accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior are called upon to be in a...
23 Nov Meditate on the Lord
Here’s a little exercise for you: do a Google search for “what does it mean to meditate on God.” You will get thousands of results for “meditating on God’s Word.” Yes, it’s important that we not only read, study, or even memorize God’s Word; it...
17 Nov Surrounded
My friend Ron had a very brief stint as an amateur boxer. He loves to tell the story of a fight where his opponent, to say the least, was getting the better of him. Ron felt as though punches were coming at him from every...