Convenience is a top-rated value in our world today. Would you not agree? Having a fast food restaurant is not enough convenience for us; we need a drive-through window at a fast food restaurant for added convenience. No longer do we have to go to the bank; we can do all of our banking online. I...
Jesus once said (Mark 6:31), “Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” Many of us get run down because we stay wound up, and this is one of the reasons why vacation and leisure times, however brief, are important. According to a Greek legend, in ancient...
Dads/Husbands, you and I are to be a “safe place” for our families. You and I are to be the protector and provider for our homes. And when we gather our families for a time with God, they need a safe place then too. Not a lecture or a sermon, but a safe place. Our families...
An observer from the last century would be awe-struck by the improvement in our standard of living, and by the amount of leisure time our technology and electronic devices have provided. Few Americans work consistently more than a 50-hour work week, and most work 44 hours or less. Furthermore...
If you are kind, then some people will accuse you of having ulterior motives-->BE KIND ANYWAY! If you are successful, then you will win some false friends and some true enemies-->SUCCEED ANYWAY! If you are honest and transparent, then some people may try to cheat you-->BE HONEST...
Take a glowing coal from the fire, lay it aside from the rest, and watch it as it gradually dims, then turns gray. Take a leafy branch from a tree, lay it carefully aside, and watch as the color fades and the leaves go limp, then dry. Take a fish out of water, place it on the grass, and watch...
If you go to any cemetery today, across the grave marker you will always find something like the following words, “Here lies _____ _____.” This is true of all of the great philosophers and intellects of the past, and it is even true of every person who has founded one of the...
In our culture, as you probably well know, the significance of important, highly valued, religious days and times has long been forgotten. For the most part, we live our lives on the surface of frenetic activity. We surf and skim over a body of information, but rarely dive into the depths of...
All of us know many public school teachers, we have them in our churches, and some of us are even married to one. But I don’t think I have ever known a time in the history of our country when our public school teachers have been more discouraged and demoralized than right now. Let me...
The radical moral and spiritual shifts that are taking place in our country and throughout the western world today are dramatic, and they are not yet over. In fact, if they were still living, our entire cultural landscape would be largely unrecognizable to most of our parents and grandparents...