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A Little Church History
How about a bit of “breaking” news to start our read today, kind of like all the network mavens dishing out the news to us each morning, afternoon, evening and night. Bad news never seems to end. “America at the start of the twenty-first century was prosperous but morals were low.” Or, how about this […]
America Today
November 17, 2019
A few weeks ago we left off with some Attorney General William Barr’s assessment of modern America. He presented this view in a speech he delivered October 11 before the School of Law at Notre Dame University on the freedom of religion and its underpinning of American life. Christianity is on the decline in the […]
Handling the Challenges of Life
August 17, 2019
Can stress and anxiety ever be good for you? Surely not! Stress is one of the killers in modern society. Anxiety is another symptom we all know about. We tend to call it worry. We all are afflicted at one time or another, or sometimes at a constant, destructive rate, by stress, worry, the challenges […]
The Good Old Days
August 17, 2019
Occasionally, like so many people my age—I’d say older than fifty or sixty—I revisit the “good old days” and remember nostalgically how much better life was in the good old days. The President even was elected in 2016 with his version of the good old days with his slogan, “Make America Great Again.” He’s running […]
My Hispanic Friend and the Holy Spirit
August 17, 2019
While in jail a few weeks ago I ran into a couple of friends, one new and one old. Let me hasten to add that I was in jail to teach the Bible with a group of Christian men and women who go into the Tuscaloosa County Jail every Tuesday night. So, I go into […]
The Art of Work
May 26, 2019
The Art of Work Two words thrown together that many find antithetical, or at least a bit contradictory, are “art” and “work.” We all know that artists have to “work” to make their art. And we also know a guy going into the coal mines of Walker or Tuscaloosa County is also engaged in “work.” […]
G.I. Joe and Other Josephs
May 26, 2019
G.I. Joe and Other Josephs G.I. Joe was the nickname of soldiers in World War II. It came from “government issue” associated with all the uniforms and stuff issued to guys in service. And “Joe” of course is short for Joseph, one of the most popular names in American life. I’m sorry girls, but while […]
Compassion
May 26, 2019
Compassion Today I want to take up a common word in our wonderful English language: compassion. I was prompted to think about it when someone shared an image that almost broke my heart. It was of a derelict man, a classic street person, asleep somewhere on a cold winter day, wrapped up in rags, his […]
Easter, 2019
May 26, 2019
Easter, 2019 I’ve often wondered how pastors, ministers, priests, etc.—prepare their Easter addresses. For all of us who make public addresses, from the President on down to my level, perhaps talking to the local Rotarians or the ladies of the DAR, you have to identify your audience pretty carefully. The Rotarians like to hear things […]
Bible Gateway’s Verse of the Day
- Psalm 97:10 February 7, 2023“Let those who love the LORD hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.”
February 1, 2020
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