Parents and grandparents, may I ask you to please discuss the following realities with those within your circle of influence, especially with your impressionable children and grandchildren? It is becoming more and more important that you/we do so. The sex of every human being is...
Many books and sermons have been produced to tell us that the biblical model for a pastor as leader is that of servant, shepherd, visionary, CEO, teacher, disciple maker, and/or counselor/chaplain. But what about the biblical model of pastor as father? Consider this: The Bible tells...
Each Sunday morning the silent Christian was seen leaving his home for the church building two blocks away. With his Bible in hand, he walked toward the church campus with the cadence of expectancy. Across the street from this faithful saint there lived a self-styled skeptic who...
For those of you who are over the age of 40, will you think back with me to 11:38 a.m. (EST), the moment that the Challenger roared off launch pad #398 on January 28, 1986? The duration of that fatal flight was 73 seconds. All of us were shaken as we witnessed in horror the...
Of all people, followers of Christ should be ready to embrace something new! After all, the Bible says that “if anyone is in Christ, he/she is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (II Cor. 5:17). Just think, Jesus established a “new covenant&rdquo...
What demeanor do most nativity scenes portray? Usually, the shepherds stand in place with no expression on their faces, and Joseph and Mary essentially show no emotion either. Although the wise men, as a matter of history, did not see Jesus until he was a toddler, for sake of...
According to a recent Pew Research Center analysis,[1] marriage in this country is declining while living together outside of marriage is rising. Among adults ages 18-44, 59% have lived together with an unmarried partner at some point in their lives. You are not surprised by these...
Do you know when Thanksgiving originated? Well, on October 3, 1789, at the request of Congress, the first president of the United States issued a proclamation that reads in part: Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the...
In terms of the cultural slides into the moral and spiritual abyss, Europe, the U.K, and Canada are typically seen as a half step ahead of the United States. With that in mind, two recent events should be of great concern to American families who seek to rear their children according to...
Through the work of Mr. Hoyt Samples and others within his law firm (who worked pro bono, as unto the Lord), Chattanooga, TN, became the largest city in America without an abortion clinic. And, eventually, the former abortion clinic became a National Memorial for the Unborn (look it up on...