Don’t you love the sense of confidence that comes from being ‘well-connected’ – that is resourced and protected by another person? For example, think of a little child who has a sense of security in her home, whose father is… Continue reading

Today is 6-6-06 and, for some, it is a feared day when evil lurks! Revelation 13 makes a reference to the ‘the number of the beast, the number of a man, 666.’ In the popular scenarios of the “End Times,”… Continue reading

I’m trying to work out a riddle in my Christian life! How much, and in what ways, should I be involved with the world around me? I read two concepts in the Scripture that seem, at first glance anyway, to… Continue reading

In our time there are more words with less content than in any previous era! We are flooded with communications. Is your mailbox anything like mine bringing you glossy flyers advertising everything from political candidates to extermination companies; dozens of… Continue reading

When I picked up my Bible this morning and tried to read, my mind was closed. I saw the words on the page, but they just bounced off my brain. No, it is not a crisis of faith, nor is… Continue reading

“The church has nothing to offer me.”“My needs are not addressed by the church so I’ll form my own fellowship.”“I don’t need the church to serve Christ.”“He’s my personal Savior.” Statements like those are evidence of a misplaced focus that… Continue reading

So, how would you define a great life? Being wealthy enough to buy all the ‘toys’ your heart desires? Being healthy ’til the day you die? Being famous, applauded by people? Being able to go fishing at least two days… Continue reading

I close my eyes and . . . without leaving my chair, I can visit the beaches of Nags Head, NC where our family had some great vacations! The sounds – waves rolling onto the beach, sea gulls calling as… Continue reading

I awakened this morning thinking of death. Very cheery, isn’t it? Just before going to bed I received a call that an acquaintance had died on Wednesday afternoon in a freaky accident. His death was tragic enough, but the years… Continue reading

I’m not much on Christian television. I find most of the religious TV programs worse than offensive. The very things that makes TV work – being bland, inoffensive, appealing to the widest audience, promising immediate gratification – are things that… Continue reading