

BACK TO MAYBERRY
Recently my wife and I were traveling to a meeting in central Ohio. Our route took us near an idyllic North Carolina town called Mt....


ADDICTED TO GREAT DAYS!
Not every day is what we would excitedly call a “Great Day!” In our world of grand announcements on Twitter, Facebook, and other social...


BE A POSITIVE PRESENCE
Have you ever considered the practical blessing of God’s omnipresence? Theologically, it is an amazing truth; but to us humans who are...


GROWING IN GRACE?
I love the phrase, “grow in grace.” However, I wonder how many times we use the phrase inappropriately or without fully understanding...


SELF-FOCUSED BUT NOT SELF-AWARE
We are so focused on what we want, what we are doing, where we are going, and how events impact us, that we fail to be aware of how we...


THE BLESSING OF ACCEPTANCE
May I pose a question? Does acceptance occur before or after change? Consider the truth that is revealed in Ephesians 1:6, Jesus “…made...


Decide | Develop | Discipline
Have you ever made a decision that you knew God was leading you to make, only to realize a day, a week, or a month later you had not...


Responding To The Critic
“Fifty years hence it will matter very little how these people treated us. It will matter a great deal how we dealt with the work of God.”...


Seven Elements of Passionate Preaching
“But His word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.” —Jeremiah...


God is Mighty!
“One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.” —Psalm 145:4 I am now part of that “One...