Bible Studies for Life - July 20, 2008

My wife’s birthday is Dec. 27. It is always difficult to buy her a meaningful present so soon after Christmas. But last year I was fortunate because the Lipizzaner horses were to perform at the…

Explore the Bible - July 20, 2008

Usually the phrase, “I’m only human!” is an excuse for misbehaving. Paul and Barnabas used it after good behavior – healing a lame man. The people of Lystra were preparing to offer a sacrifice to them because th…

Bible Studies for Life - July 13, 2008

Wherever I served as a pastor, enviably three questions would arise concerning the end times and the Antichrist. Who is the Antichrist? Where will he come from? and How will we know it is him? In a Sunday school Bible study recently i…

Explore the Bible - July 13, 2008

His name was Joseph, but the Jerusalem Church gave him the name Barnabas – son of encouragement. Everyone needs a Barnabas in his life. I have been blessed to have several. One was Fred. He was 82 when I became his pastor. He was a deacon. I w…

Bible Studies for Life - July 06, 2008

“Dad it looks like I will be going to Iraq in January,” my 35- year-old son said to us over the phone a short time ago. He is our only son and the father to eight of our grandchildren. His words caus…

Explore the Bible - July 06, 2008

We didn’t have ties, so we had to eat somewhere else. It was humbling to be turned away. I was visiting Austin, Texas. My brother-in-law who lived there took me to a restaurant. When we got to the door, a man in a tuxedo stopped us. R…

Bible Studies for Life - June 29, 2008

W.A. Criswell, longtime pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, told of a man about to be baptized. Almost into the water, he said, “Wait, I forgot to remove my billfold.” Criswell said, “Come on in, I’ve always wanted to b…

Explore the Bible - June 29, 2008

It’s hard for people to believe I have a 21-year-old son, and I am only 33. How that happened is a long path – one with many twists and turns and would be longer than the space I have been given. But here is the short of it. Early in my…

Bible Studies for Life - June 22, 2008

The Bible has a great deal to say about what we have to say. Of 915 verses in Proverbs, 222 speak about the tongue. A whole life can be changed by just a few little words. Consider the word, “Guilty!” Consider the words, “I do.R…

Explore the Bible - June 22, 2008

I came along when my father was close to retirement and so as I was growing up, my father seemed to always be around. My father was the third base coach for my T-ball and little league teams. He was the only father who came to school during the day…