A century ago, rural America shopped at crossroads grocery stores or small-town general stores. The shelves of those stores were not always full; you couldn’t depend on what you needed being in stock. Inventory was managed with paper and pencil. Orders to suppliers might be called in by telephone or given in person to a traveling sales representative who stopped by periodically.
Read MoreThe state of Florida battles sinkholes like the plagues of Egypt. As acidic groundwater dissolves underground rock formations, the surface of the earth caves in.
Read MoreSome pretty “unique” people have set out to do some pretty unusual things without stopping. In this article we are looking at three things every Christian should do without stopping:
Read MorePrior to 2016, if you were a native of Cleveland, Ohio, involved in a discussion of sports with a group of new friends, you received sympathy. The city is home to three professional sports franchises—basketball, baseball, and football. Through 2015, those teams had gone 147 combined seasons without a national championship. Clevelanders self-identified as losers when it came to professional sports.
Read MoreThe husbands and wives who gave their all to the founding of the fledgling republic called the United States of America paid a dear price for their service— especially those among the leaders of the first Continental Congress. John Adams was one who endured long months of separation from his wife, Abigail, and their children. Massachusetts was their home, but the demands of statehood kept him in Philadelphia for lengthy ...
Read MoreBut coming to know God’s saving love is only part of the story. I have discovered through decades of ministry that many Christians don’t know the depth of God’s love. They have met the God who is love; they know the fact of God’s love. But they live their lives in the shallow end of the pool. They think that once God’s love has been experienced through the forgiveness of ...
Read MoreNoah could have used a smartphone! After bobbing around on a worldwide ocean for a year, he had no idea where he was when he and his family disembarked after the Flood. With a smartphone, Noah could have easily used the location finder to determine that they had landed in (what would become modern-day) Turkey, on the side of a mountain called Ararat. Any number of map apps could have ...
Read MoreWhen I was growing up, most churches had some sort of a Christmas pageant every year. The average-sized church could pull together enough grammar school-aged kids to be the cast and fill all the roles: shepherds, wise men, angels, the innkeeper, and the various animals that we assume were in the stable that eventful night. The plum roles, of course, were Mary and Joseph, given to a couple of the ...
Read MoreIt comes as a surprise to some young people today to learn that James Bond (“007”) was not the world’s first secret agent. In fact, countries and cultures for thousands of years have benefited from the work of super-sleuths. Even God has had spies and secret agents!
Read MoreIf you were around in 1968, you may remember an infamous musical that opened on Broadway called Hair. And if you were around the following year, you watched the opening number from Hair, a song called “Aquarius,” top the Billboard pop charts and stay there for six weeks.
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