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Reading someone's final words can sum up what they said and what is essential for the reader to take to heart. Many times, these final words contain a warning. They are exclamation points attached to what someone said, just like it was with Paul's closing words in the...
When I was a young patrol officer, I almost shot a man. I was working in a two-man unit during a midnight shift. We stopped a vehicle that drove past us at high rate of speed in violation of the posted speed limit. So, we pulled in behind the vehicle and initiated a...
Today, on this Mother’s Day of 2025, I am remembering my mother. She passed away in 2010. As a young girl, she experienced the pain of her parent’s divorce in a day when such things were frowned upon. She grew up in the deep South. She only had one pair of shoes...
Many are asking, “what's next?” as it refers to the affairs of the Church, and our nation. The writer of Proverbs said it so well 3,000 years ago. “So, follow the steps of the good, and stay on the paths of the righteous. For only the godly will live...
It was a strange image. I saw someone who thought they were walking their dog, but the dog was no longer on the leash. The leash was out in front of the person suspended in midair with its empty loop moving ahead of the dog’s owner. The person walking the dog assumed...
I love listening to warriors, veterans of both natural and spiritual conflicts who survived to live another day. One such person was Gary Littrell who fought in Viet Nam. Due to his heroic actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. When speaking about his award,...
Every life is filled with before and after moments of realization. The generation before me had a before and after experience when Pearl Harbor was attacked, and we entered World War II. The assassination of President Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. offered a...
Buyer’s remorse is not limited to purchasing something and then later realizing the product was not all it promised. This remorse can be expanded to include the choices we make, the votes we cast, or the assumptions we were led to believe were true. Just as it would...
When I was a young pastor an older man attended our church. He was in the Air Force during the Cold War and part of an aircrew that would fly deep into enemy territory undetected. These flights took place during the early years of radar development. On one mission his...
Every promise from God that offers any form of resurrection life will be challenged by hell in an attempt to thwart its fulfillment. That assault will be unrelenting until one of two things take place – the fulfillment of the promise occurs or the one carrying the...
Throughout history, nations have fallen from their place of significance for the same reason – they rejected the word of the Lord. When those in places of leadership allow ungodly reasoning to form their worldview, and the Church aligns itself with such compromise,...
In times when we are separated from each other like we are now, the spirit of suspicion works overtime. The goal of this spirit is to divide people and destroy relationships. Long after the destruction has taken place and the sorrow of those choices is felt, those...
Speaking the truth in love as a warning to a wayward culture, and sadly, at times to a wayward Church, will sound abrupt and unkind to the tempered and passive masses who are not accustomed to conflict. It is not wise to dismiss such warnings out of hand simply...
I saw two images. The first image was of a spiritual military officer standing at attention in full uniform. The officer was neither male nor female, but rather a composite image of rank and function. A hand entered the image, and piece by piece all the markings on...
It's too easy for people of faith to become consumed with the affairs of culture and the unrighteous actions of those in positions of leadership. This unhealthy over-focus has caused some not to see a greater reality that is unfolding. It becomes especially...