A drunkard husband, spending the evening with his associates at a tavern, boasted that if he took a group of his friend’s home with him at midnight and ask his Christian wife to get up and cook supper for them, she would do it without complaint. The men considered it a hopeless boast and dared […]
Everybody struggles with self-control. We all wish we had more of it. I heard a story about a little boy in Sunday school who was taken out in the hall by his teacher because he had been disrupting the class. The teacher spoke to him about the importance of the fruit of the Spirit. She […]
Growing up I loved the Andy Griffith Show. While all the episodes were wonderful, I remember one episode that taught a great lesson about “Goodness.” In this episode, the people of Mayberry were laughing at Barney because early that morning he tried to arrest the bank president who was unlocking the door to his own […]
Howpatientareyou? Well, let’s see. I want to ask you a few questions to see if your have a lot of a little patience. How well do you handle interruptions?Let’ssayyou’refinishinga project at work and someonecomes into your office and just wantstochat,andwhentheyleaveyou’rebehindschedule. How do you handle inconveniences? Let’s say you’redriving somewhere and there’s a detour or a […]
Well friends, it’s that time of year to honor our mothers! There’s a Mother’s Day card that, on the front, reads: “Mom, I remember that little prayer you used to say for me every day.” When opened it reads: “God help you if you ever do that again!” It seems like I remember hearing something […]
By now you have either heard of or have watched the movie, “God’s Not Dead.” If by chance you haven’t seen it, I encourage you to take your family to the movies and watch it. It is worth the price of admission. Josh Wheaton, who is a devoted Christian and freshman college student, enrolls in […]
There was this little girl who was being questioned by her mother, “Honey, do you know Jesus?” The little girl looked at her mother with a peculiar eye, “YES, I know Jesus!” The mother continued to question the little girl, “What do you know about Jesus?” She responded, “He loves me!” The mother said, “Yes, […]
“Who’s your daddy?” This term has been around for years and has become a part of our cultural dialect. It’s a slang expression that, in one use, takes the form of a rhetorical question and is commonly used as a boastful claim of dominance over the intended listener. Most of you know I’m a football guy, […]
Why do you think we have such a hard time with commitment? It’s difficult to think of all the times I have failed in life simply because I wasn’t committed to my endeavor. We turn back from so many things we had at one point committed to: exercise, diet, breaking addictions, marriage; you get the […]
There is a story about a college professor who went around in the last century and appeared in a lot of county fairs and a lot of exhibitions, because he was a great speaker. He could recite from memory all the great works of literature. He had a deep, melodious, mesmerizing voice and when he […]