Saving Private Ryan was a popular movie released in July, 1998. The story is centered around a mission assigned to Army Rangers to penetrate deep into enemy territory during WW II to find and bring to safety paratrooper Private James Francis Ryan. Ryan had three brothers who had all been killed in the war. A […]

W illiam Shakespeare said, “I am a kind of burr; I shall stick.” Shakespeare’s words bring to mind encounters my older brother and I had during our boyhood days growing up on a farm in Giles County, TN. Ever hear of a “stick tight?” It is a kind of burr that shows up in several […]

The Perspective From Patmos! by: Dan Gulley, Smithville, TN Lyle Schaller, in Activating the Passive Church, related the following story. A young couple rented a vacation cottage for a week. One afternoon the husband, sitting in the living room, looked out a window at the swimming pool and called to his wife, “Let’s change our […]

      Obey or Disobey Pays Either Way!                                    by: Dan Gulley, Smithville, TN              The word “obey” means to give ear to, to comply with the commands or directions of a person […]

Do You Love the Church of Christ?            by: Dan Gulley, Smithville, TN Many people feebly attempt to excuse themselves from any connection with or responsibility to the church of Christ with a lame and worn out excuse, saying, “The church is full of hypocrites.” The best retort to that I’ve […]

W ilson Framton of Lewes, Delaware, reminds us of the importance of warning signs. He told about a handwritten sign spotted on the back of an Amish horse-drawn carriage in Pennsylvania. The sign said: “Energy efficient vehicle – runs on oats and grass. Caution: Do not step in exhaust” (Reader’s Digest, June 2021, p 24). […]

September 17,  2023                   by Dan Gulley The world is not a very gentle place these days, if it ever was. As some anonymous person put it, “I went to the movies last night. Incredible! Cars crashing, buildings burning, people fighting with guns and knives. And that was […]

September 10, 2023      by Dan Gulley In 1775, Abigail Adams wrote her husband John Adams (the second President of the United States) from home in Braintree, Massachusetts, outside Boston, while he was in Philadelphia serving in the Continental Congress. She spurred her husband on in his patriotic service with these words: “You cannot […]

September 3, 2023    by Dan Gulley Bernard Baily said, “When science discovers the center of the universe a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it.” Bailey’s words remind us of the daily spiritual battle that goes on inside every accountable person’s heart between being self-centered and self-guided and being […]

Walking Your Way To Heaven!              by: Dan Gulley, Smithville, TN D id you hear about the guy who tried to take a very short cut to walking for good health? He said, “I named my dog ‘5 Miles’ so I can tell people I walk 5 Miles every day.” […]