A Place For You.

It is a sobering fact. It’s almost half-time at our house, and I’m talking about something far bigger than any ball game. Greater even than the Super Bowl, I am speaking about what could be called the “Soul Bowl.” You see, half of the time my wife and I have with our children before they go off to college and start their own lives is just about gone! We’ve been blessed to have the “home field advantage” for a number…

One of the unseen blessings of memorizing Scripture is that doing this opens the door to our souls. Solomon showed this when he said that a man is what he thinks in his heart (Prov. 23:7). What is perhaps even more remarkable is that what we memorized when we were children is so much a part of what we are today. We all know about what happened to Jack and Jill, Little Miss Muffet and the Old Woman Who Lived…

The football season is about to end. High school state champions for various size schools have been recognized. The colleges have crowned conference champions and will now play for the national title. This year there is the largest number of bowl games in history. In a few weeks there will be the crowning of the NFL Super Bowl winner. The awarding of trophies and crowns is not a recent practice. The victors in the ancient Olympic-like contests were awarded a…

We do not have the option of lighting our light one moment and then putting it out at the moment we are ridiculed or persecuted. Our light must shine brightly – shine forth for the Lord year in and year out! The year 2024 is about to come to an end and the year 2025 will begin. It is traditional for people to gather together on New Year’s Eve to enjoy each other’s company and acknowledge the beginning of the…