A friend "volunteered" to coach his daughter's sixth-grade soccer team. Missing the initial parent/player meeting leads to being nominated "Coach," in which case the election naturally goes unopposed and the votes are unanimous.After the regular season, the girls qualified...
My son George Jr. just got back from a college prayer retreat. When asked, "How did it go?" he lit up like a 4th of July fireworks display. "Pastor Al Baker told us the greatest...
Last week, our Reel-Life mission team served beautiful Haitians living in the Bahamas, on a land not their own, with bulldozers posed to level their homesteads and churches in sixteen short days. We were not...
The first time I read the story below, I thought to myself, “there’s no way this actually happened; surely, it was made up as the perfect Good Friday sermon analogy.” After further research, I discovered...
A Prayer for Holy Week Most merciful God, I confess that I have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what I have done, and by what I have left undone. I have not...
As the spring air ushers in the turkey season, a fascinating parallel unfolds between the natural world and our spiritual journey. This isn't merely about the pursuit of the elusive bird but about understanding the...
One click stands between life and death. Want proof? A seminary professor at RTS Jackson, Mississippi, began his two-hour lecture without uttering a word. Clearly agitated, he approached the whiteboard, scribbling two columns. On the left,...
· Cities writhing with rage· Wars, catastrophes, and rumors of wars· Financial instability· Mob rule running rampant· Christianity under siegeThe ancient world was on fire, and who could have predicted the surprising resilience and massive growth of Christianity in the...
Don’t let pain define you. Let it refine you. I believe in the suneven when it is not shiningI believe in loveeven when I feel it notI believe in Godeven when He is silent (unknown) His Hebrew...
As a struggling young preacher, E. V. Hill had trouble earning a living. That led him to invest the family’s scarce resources, over his wife’s objections, in purchasing a service station. Eventually, the station went...
