There is a dead tree in my front yard. It was planted last year, and even though I watered it (but maybe not enough) it never took root. It is withered and totally barren. I was going to dig it up, but my wife asked me to let it stay. ...

Ecclesiastes 3:6 A time to gain, and a time to lose; In life there are many milestones, if we’re fortunate enough to reach them.  My twenty-first birthday was a huge milestone I can recall vividly. My parents gave me a surprise birthday party in our backyard.  It was a beautiful ...

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Sometimes a fond memory fills our mind, and we find ourselves meandering through the corridors of time past. Flashes of ...

Some have asked, “Why doesn’t God reveal Himself more obviously in everyday life?” But God does reveal Himself, and He has revealed Himself. God communicates to believers and unbelievers in an observable and understandable way. First, He reveals Himself through Creation. The most obvious and easily observable way is in ...

 Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Has anyone ever experienced a hair standing spine tingling event? Raise of hands please? One, two, three? You know, when suddenly your body has powerful chills coursing up and ...

I recently received an email from a person which read, “I am not familiar with your name.” I didn’t know what it was about, and frankly didn’t care. The thought that came to mind was it didn’t really matter if my name was familiar. The only name that really matters ...

Charging forth with all our might,we won’t give up but continue to fight!For, you see, there is a battle going on,placed in our paths to make us strong.Sometimes we tend to forget its purpose,yielding more towards frustrations that hurt us.God has prepared us for each spiritual war,knowing full well there ...

Psalm 119:75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. We had prayed for healing. My wife of 53 years was in the early morning of her fifth day in the hospital. Since she had previously survived other severe events in ...

I recently got back from serving with a group of volunteers from the KNCSB disaster relief team. The KNCSB is the Kansas Nebraska convention of Southern Baptists, and I’m a part of their disaster relief team. When a disaster strikes any part of the untied states we have teams all ...

  Ecclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: So, retirement and now what? According to Ecclesiastes there is a season, time and purpose for all things under heaven, while here on earth.  But sometimes, do you think, now what? ...