What a strange world it is God has created. God could’ve set up the world any way he wanted and yet he chose to create a world where we have to work to hear, discern and follow his will. Think about that for a moment. Wouldn’t it be a
Nerd alert: I subscribe to Biblical Archaeology Review. I love it. Every month there’s new information about what’s been dug up and how we can learn from it. In this month’s edition there were a number of articles that dealt with death; more specifically with the afterlife. Some of
Sometimes when I’ve had a rough day at the office I’ll go home and start complaining to my wife about a situation that irritated me, a person who got under my skin or a class that didn’t go well and I’ll tell her what I’m going to do in
I spent the past 10 days in Israel. It’s a fascinating place. In addition to all the amazing biblical and historical sites, the land is teeming with people from all over the world. People come from the 4 corners of the earth yearning to see and experience God. That’s
Athletes use a phrase to describe a phenomenon when it seems as though they can do no wrong; when all their shots are falling; when all their passes hit the receivers in the numbers; when all their pitches are strikes. They call it being “in the zone”. Athletes describe
In 1981 the academy award winning film, Chariots of Fire told the story of 2 British runners who competed in the Olympics. One of this week’s texts was the story of Elijah being lifted up to heaven by a Chariot with horses of fire. It made me think of
Circumcision is one of those topics I don’t remember ever learning about when I was in Sunday school. As a matter of fact, not only did my Sunday school teachers avoid this topic but so did my parents, the pastors in the churches I've attended; even my religion teachers
I want to share with you a list of some of the things I love: Pizza, mexican food, ice cream, running, my dogs Tate and Gracie, my wife, my kids, football on a Saturday afternoon, the show Survivor, Waffle House, classic rock and bourbon. If you think about it,
A friend once suggested I watch the Netflix series The Walking Dead. He acknowledged that it’s a show about Zombies but that I should give it a try because it has a number of themes that make it compelling drama. I hadn’t watched a Zombie movie since the days
The last year of my dad’s life he called to congratulate me on something good that had happened for me. I wasn’t at my desk so he left a voicemail. Because he was pretty sick I could barely hear him, but I heard just enough to know that he
