With the big day soon upon us I offer a few reminders to parents and kids to help get us started on the right foot: Parents: You are the primary teachers Even though the schools provide instruction in the Sciences and Arts, you remain the primary teachers and most influential figures. Moses reminded parents to, […]

Back in 1988, a Polish railway worker named Jan Grzebski was hit by a train. He survived … but just barely. For the next 19 years (until the year 2007), Grzebski was in a coma. He awoke in 2007 to a whole new world. Nineteen years earlier, Poland was a communist state. Grzebski noted that […]

I recently read a story about a man who attended a worship service with his wife for the first time. He forgot to switch off his phone and it unfortunately rang during the opening prayer. More unfortunately, the preacher scolded him. Even worse, the members admonished him after the service for interrupting the silence. As […]

Once again, you are sitting in worship or Bible study, and your child is restless. Perhaps they’re even a little boisterous and noisy. You try to calm them down, and things just seem to get worse. You try to pacify them with food or toys or whispered encouragement, and nothing works. You wrestle with them, […]

Her name was Gertrude, she was in her 80’s when I got to know her. Her grandson would come to Nashville every summer and stay a couple of weeks with her. It was always during Vacation Bible School. Little Ryan invited his friend Jim to come with him. Jim, well, both Jim and Ryan loved […]

In our society, most people use their cell phones all day. They spend hours talking to this person, texting that person, scrolling through and posting on social media, Facetiming, watching ball games, reading books, listening to podcasts, and just about anything else imaginable. But at the end of the day, if they want to use […]

This past week, we had one of the best trips that I’ve ever been on at Inspire Youth Conference. It was an awesome time that God used to draw us closer as a youth group and recharge our spiritual batteries. I believe that our young people came home from Faulkner University inspired to serve the […]

There’s a story about a woman who was driving down the street one evening when she noticed in her rearview mirror that a huge truck seemed to be following her a little too closely. She sped up in an attempt to create some more distance between the two vehicles only to discover that the truck […]

God was glorified during Work Camp 2021! This year, we had 60+ people come and help to serve our community. Thirty-six women worked extremely hard to keep us fed throughout the week. We built six ramps in four days! Several houses were power washed. Gutters were cleaned. Dozens of trees were cut down (they never […]

All of the Apostles suffered intense persecution, and all but one died because of their faith. This should serve as our permanent reminder that our present sufferings don’t compare to the abuse that they experienced. Matthew was killed by a sword wound in Ethiopia. Mark was dragged by Horses through the streets of Alexandria, Egypt […]