God Bless America
I love my country. I know that may not be fashionable in today's chaos, but I do. I love my country. I thank God I was born here. I thank God my children are Americans. I thank God I live in a nation the whole world is trying to...
Can I Go With You?
"I want to go with you!" My daughters love to go places with daddy. It doesn't really matter where I'm going; they just like to tag along. And that makes sense. After all, daddies buy candy! There's something comforting about being with Another Who is stronger than you and seems to...
The Tent Of Your Own Heart
I’m not a big, outdoorsy, guy. So, camping out was never something I really enjoyed, except for this one time. Me and my best friend, Mark, had a great “fort” in the woods near our apartment complex in Orlando when I was about 11 or 12. Being central Florida,...
A Prayer and An Encouraging Word
How To Have a Sound Eye
Are You A Generous Person?
Most people want to believe the best of themselves. We have an idealized image of ourselves in our brain, and sometimes this "image" is so different from reality that it is actually a danger to our spiritual maturity. But the struggle to embrace reality is filled with difficulties and...
Following the Wrong Gods
OK, I'm a bit of an Eagles fan, and when they released their first CD after years of being apart, I jumped at it! The CD was called "Hell Freezes over" and was named that because one of the guys said that would be the time the Eagles all...
A Firm Foundation for Life
We were talking in Bible study recently about “First Principles.” It seems this is something we so rarely consider, but if we miss fundamental truths, we always end up in places we never intended to go. For instance, if you don’t build your life on the fundamental truth that when you say...
Is God “Unfair?” As A Matter of Fact…
If you could know the future, would you want to? I mean, really; if you could know the exact moment of your death, would you want that information? Knowing the future has been a preoccupation for we humans forever! I remember riding in the backseat of a car with...
Formation Causes Groaning!
Being in the room when my daughters were born was an unforgettable experience. Of course, I was a spectator. It was my wife that was doing all the work! And it wasn’t always a “fun” experience. In fact, I was “invited” to experience some of that pain while holding...