To Everything There Is a Season and a Reason
The Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons can be a combination of great joy and, oddly, some melancholy. They mark the coming and going of...
LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF CALEB
“Give me this mountain…” I find Caleb to be one of the most inspiring personalities in the Old Testament. At eighty-five years old, he...
THE INFLUENCE OF A GODLY LAYMAN
I recently attended a town planning commission meeting where we now live in North Carolina. It was an important meeting for our...
WHEN WEAKNESS BECOMES STRENGTH
I have just finished my morning walk, one of the great blessings of not having to be in the office early! On that walk I had the...
CHOOSING TO REACT WITH GRACE
Recently, on a drive through North Carolina, a very rude driver cut me off on the highway for the very important need of gaining one spot...
Systematic Giving vs. Emotional Giving
After preaching for 43 years, I am very glad that there is an emotional component to my salvation and my walk with the Lord. I love that...
THE PASTOR JOINED A CHURCH!
For thirty-seven years, my wife and I were members of Heritage Baptist Church in Woodbridge, Virginia. By the way, they were thirty-seven...
A GROWING FORCE
Recently Nancy and I vacationed in the north woods of Minnesota. For me, it was a dream come true; for my wife, it was an act of love...
THE IMPORTANCE OF (a) HERITAGE
The month of May has been a very interesting month for my wife and me. It has been filled with some very special moments that have led us...
IT'S ABOUT TO CHANGE!
“I simply can’t believe it,” I said to myself. My wife and I were sitting in the Social Security office in Charlotte, North Carolina. You...
