In a competitive world, another person’s misfortune can become our opportunity. But at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, American runner Abbey D’Agostino refused to think that way. Continue reading
Weekly Recap: September 7-11
Greetings from Beverly Hills, FL
This has been an interesting week of reflection and celebration, with Labor Day and 9/11 falling in the same week this year.
No matter the challenges, problems, and shortcomings we face, we’re reminded that we have much to be thankful for in America. I’m reminded of Jesus’ words in Luke 12:48: “To whom much is given, much is required.” This speaks to the need for personal accountability, faithful stewardship of our resources, and diligence in our ministry. (Hmm, sounds like a =future blog post, or 3-point sermon) Continue reading
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9/11: What Has—and Hasn’t—Changed
We were living in Spring Hill, Tennessee, when 9/11 occurred.
I was preparing to leave for my office at the Jackson Heights Church in Columbia when Norma hollered from the family room, “Come here! Something’s happened!”
She was watching the Today show, which was airing the breaking news that a plane had flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Questions, concern, and speculation followed about the cause. Continue reading
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What Will Tomorrow Bring?
What were you doing 25 years ago today—on September 10, 2001? Where were you? What were you thinking? Feeling? Doing?
Chances are you can’t remember. I know I can’t.
However, one day later, on 9/11, we all remember the answers to those questions. Continue reading
1 Corinthians 15:1-4, The Heart of the Gospel
What Is the Gospel?
Ask ten people, and you may receive ten different answers. Some will describe how Christians ought to live. Others will speak of loving God, loving our neighbor, helping the hurting, or going to heaven.
Those are important Biblical truths. But they are not Paul’s answer to the question. Continue reading
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Love Keeps No Record of Wrongs
Jay E. Adams, in his excellent book Christian Living in the Home, tells of a marriage counselor meeting with a troubled couple he called Sue and Wilbur.
Sue began by saying she had an ulcer, but the doctor said it was not from a physical cause. She then pulled from a large bag a manuscript about an inch thick, typed on both sides, and slapped it down on the counselor’s desk.
Then Sue said, “This is why I’m getting an ulcer.” Continue reading
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Weekly Recap: August 31-September 4
Greetings from Citrus County, FL
It’s good to be back this week after our annual anniversary blogging break. Thank you all for the many kind “Happy Anniversary” wishes. We appreciate it.
During the break, I came across a Facebook story about a man who prayed and complained about his wife, saying God had changed her into a goddess. I published it on yesterday’s Facebook Friday. If you missed it, I recommend you read it; it has a great story with a compelling moral. It might also be the answer to the question, “How do you stay married for 58 years?” Continue reading
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The Goddess He Asked God For
Today’s Facebook Friday posted by author Vadim Kurkin offers a simple story with a profound lesson. It’s about marriage, love, and personal responsibility. It’s worth reading all the way to the end. Continue reading
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Thinking About Thinking
Ralph Waldo Emerson, the 19th-century essayist, poet, and philosopher, wrote a great deal about the importance of thinking for oneself. He once lamented that “the problem with men today is that they don’t think.”
Thomas Edison echoed this sentiment when he opined, “Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.” Continue reading
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1 Corinthians 10:12–Take Heed Lest You Fall
Recently, I was asked whether a Christian could lose their salvation.
It was a sincere question asked by a young Christian who was apparently being influenced by the Calvinist doctrine of “Perseverance of the Saints”—commonly called “once saved, always saved.” Continue reading
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