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2012
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Fishing (Literally and Biblically)
I think I should move to South Carolina. The folks there have their priorities straight as evidenced by the latest initiative among the High Schools. It seems that the students and their coaches are...
What Do You Treasure?
I am a goal oriented kind of person and not surprisingly, I think everyone ought to focus their lives around reachable goals. You know, it is the idea that if you have no target, you will never know...
Just Give Me Jesus
Not too long ago a friend re-introduced me to the ministry of Anne Graham Lotz. She is the daughter of Billy Graham and he calls her "the best preacher in the family." She is the founder of AnGel...
Live Like You are Dying
I don't know about you, but the monotony of working out must be punctuated by music in order for me to do it with regularity. And this morning, I was imbibing on a contemporary country Pandora...
Don’t Forget to Look After Me
Max Lucado tells a neat story in his book, In the Grip of Grace. "'Good, I 'm glad you're sitting by me. Sometimes I throw up.' Not exactly what you like to hear from the airline passenger in the...
Alexander the Coppersmith Rides Again
A few days ago, the CBS affiliate in New York reported that a sleazy web site known as AshleyMadison.com had offered $1 million dollars for proof of someone having sex with the football player, Tim...
Operation World
Recently the news media has been covering the "war" in Syria from several perspectives. Obviously it is a giant humanitarian crisis. Human beings are being slaughtered and their own government seems...
Eating Christianly
Two weeks ago, I visited a friend's garden in Mississippi and discovered that onions grow as a bulb in the ground. And last week, I saw a discussion about them in an airline magazine. You might say...
Hanging Out with the Lord
I have recently been teaching through a book by Skye Jethani called With. In general, it asks the reader to reimage the way we all relate to God. Using a list of prepositions (Do you remember...
Honor for Our Leaders
As my father might say, I am a "red blooded American," proud of my country and a big supporter of free speech and the other inalienable rights afforded me by the constitution. But enough is enough!...
Complaining Spirit
This summer, a man in Connecticut had to call 911 for a personal emergency. Now, he wasn't having a heart attack. There was no car accident. No building was on fire. No, he called because the...
Do You Want to Get Well?
In a book of illustrations called "Stories of the Heart," I recently came across a story attributed to Kay Arthur. Apparently she was speaking and traveling in Israel. She was in Jerusalem and...
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