For those of you who are over the age of 40, will you think back with me to 11:38 a.m. (EST), the moment that the Challenger roared off launch pad #398 on January 28, 1986? The duration of that fatal flight was 73 seconds. All of us were shaken as we witnessed in horror the...
Of all people, followers of Christ should be ready to embrace something new! After all, the Bible says that “if anyone is in Christ, he/she is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (II Cor. 5:17). Just think, Jesus established a “new covenant&rdquo...
What demeanor do most nativity scenes portray? Usually, the shepherds stand in place with no expression on their faces, and Joseph and Mary essentially show no emotion either. Although the wise men, as a matter of history, did not see Jesus until he was a toddler, for sake of...
According to a recent Pew Research Center analysis,[1] marriage in this country is declining while living together outside of marriage is rising. Among adults ages 18-44, 59% have lived together with an unmarried partner at some point in their lives. You are not surprised by these...
Do you know when Thanksgiving originated? Well, on October 3, 1789, at the request of Congress, the first president of the United States issued a proclamation that reads in part: Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the...
In terms of the cultural slides into the moral and spiritual abyss, Europe, the U.K, and Canada are typically seen as a half step ahead of the United States. With that in mind, two recent events should be of great concern to American families who seek to rear their children according to...
Through the work of Mr. Hoyt Samples and others within his law firm (who worked pro bono, as unto the Lord), Chattanooga, TN, became the largest city in America without an abortion clinic. And, eventually, the former abortion clinic became a National Memorial for the Unborn (look it up on...
My wife and I were in SW Florida for the first time recently, and we were both amazed at the population density, growth, and heavy traffic. But we were also amazed to find very few churches, and this just reminded us again of the radical moral and spiritual shifts that are taking place in...
Too often our churches allow those with proven leadership abilities in the secular world to become leaders in our churches without properly assessing where they are in reference to their spiritual maturity. As you may know, the bottom line in business is financial profitability, and when...
When we begin to understand who Jesus is, what He did, and what He said, it will help us understand the importance Jesus placed upon the Scriptures. If the Scriptures were: Simply man’s words...He would have rejected them Lies...He would have refuted them Merely opinions...He...