James Elmer left Notre Dame University to join the Navy before his twentieth birthday. World War I was under way and the six- foot former football player felt the call to serve his country. He soon found himself at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station near Chicago, preparing to enter ...

In the song “I Will go West,” put to music by J.P. Barrett in 1875, city living was a heartache what with high-priced goods, the worry of one’s sons taking to city ways while their daughters cared only for the latest fashions, and cruelty all around.  Taking to the open ...

Meditation on Ephesians 4:17-27 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of ...

It has been said that a rule to the wise need only be a guide, directing their steps, not something forced upon them. The truth is that rules have always been in place, beginning in the written word of God. For those entering the teaching profession in 1915, rules were ...

Years ago this was a fitness nation, from Jane Fonda workouts to people spending lots of money to workout at gyms. We are all trying to get in shape. So when was the last time you decided to get your body in spiritual shape? To be champion for Christ, the ...

My great-grandmother was beautiful. Her given name was Margaret Mary, but she was known as  “Pretty Marie” from the time she was a girl. Her curly hair was raven-colored, piled high on her head, her eyes large and deep brown in color. She had very defined lips, curved in a ...

Many Christians consider the King James Version to be the only translation worth reading. They shun all others. On my previous post “Bible Translations or Proper Interpretation?” I even received a comment from a reader who was adamant that the KJV is the original Bible. Since there is so much ...

Fifty-six years ago we started systematically removing God from our schools. This is a much debated topic of late with the school massacre in Parkland, Florida. Few have the Godly wisdom to understand what it has done to our precious children when we began His removal with the banning of ...

We live in a world where everyone is in a hurry. We spend our time eating fast food. We also want things instantly. Sometimes it pays to wait. In Isaiah 40:31 the bible tells us “THY THAT WAIT ON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH.” We all have problems in ...

In a Midwestern city there stands an old brick building set on a large, tree-filled property. In the 1920’s and 30’s, this now empty building was home for many Tuberculosis victims. All that remains today is that empty building, windows black, rooms empty except for broken pieces of furniture left ...