Soft Heart Steel Spine* Picture a line. At the left end is the word liberalism or, if you like, acceptance. At the other end, fundamentalism or, if you like, legalism. Now add the word love at the left. On the right, truth. Place your finger on the line where you think of yourself. Would you be surprised to know that […]
Press On…Finish Strong They say timing is everything. I’ve been thinking about today’s topic for a while, but just hadn’t gotten around to writing it yet. I’m convinced that God has a sense of humor, and sometimes He has to do something so obvious, I’d have to be asleep to miss it. Today is one of those. If you’ve seen […]
Who Am I Really? I’m sure we’ve all been in social situations when someone asked us, “What do you do?” I believe it’s like stallions nipping and pawing each other to determine pecking order—maybe subconsciously—but doing it anyway. The better question to discover more about the person would be, “Who are you? What makes you tick?” How we answer this […]
Doing vs. Hoping Talk is cheap. There seems to be an inverse relationship between the amount of words spoken and their importance. Aren’t you tired of political rants that run on and are filled with bluster and self-promotion? Wouldn’t it be wonderful to hear “It’s done” instead of “I hope to accomplish…”? It seems the news media have timeslots to […]
Hope: A 4-Letter Word Tomorrow is the 24th anniversary of 9/11. In the two-plus decades since that horrific cowardly attack on America, society had continued to spiral out of control. Hatred has replaced the “can we all get along” mantra from Rodney King 33 years ago. There are many opinions about why we’re moving in the wrong direction ranging from […]
Four Ls of The Word (A follow up to the last 3 posts…) Listen To It “How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? (Rom. 10:14) Most people come to Christ after a convicting time of hearing the Word. Many of them will hear it from a friend whose […]