My shoulder was killing me. Ordinarily, I would simply pop an Advil and call it a day, but the pain was intensifying, and Advil wasn’t curing the root cause of the problem. I assumed my pain was associated with a torn rotator cuff. Years earlier, a huge wave body slammed me into the beach, and […]
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I attempted to pray before establishing a relationship with God, but it did not seem to go anywhere. “Did He hear me?” “How can He hear me and billions of other people simultaneously?” “Am I just talking to myself?” I was deeply convinced that there was a God in heaven, but this “prayer thing” was
I remember in grade school, Groveland Park Elementary; I had a foot race against a classmate. He had just received new shoes from his parents that would make him run fast. As a quick runner, I “smoked him,” and he was left scratching his head, wondering how he lost. In that same school, when it
Watching my grandchildren aspire to walk like others is amusing and sobering. For example, I see one grandson mimicking and copying another grandson. I have seen my own children copy me in my actions and reactions, whether good, bad, or indifferent. Many have mentors that they aspire to emulate. I have seen street preachers unknowingly
“Grandpa, look,” said my grandson as he attempted to get my attention while I was driving. As dangerous and distracting as diverting my attention would be, he nonetheless had the faith to get it. Why do kids crave attention? They are eager to show adults what they are working on and their accomplishments, and as
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As I was preaching the gospel on the streets of Louisville the other day, two sinners on scooters rode by and said, “Get over it!” What were they referring to? Were they asking me to get over the fact that I’ve been forgiven? That the Creator of the entire universe reached down and set me
2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. “Deceived” in Greek is defined as “to cause to stray from the straight path – to roam, wander. To lead astray from safety, truth, or moral uprightness. To deceive, mislead.” This same Greek word is used in: Matt
I remember a time when one of my kids got so sick, he was afraid he was going to die. Tears began to flow, and repentant words began to emit from his pie-hole. Knowing this was nothing more than “jailhouse religion,” I called it out, thanking him for the apologies but made it known to
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As the psalmist observed his surroundings, he obviously dived deeper into the spiritual abyss. Jerusalem, the back-setting for Psalms 46:4, was a city with small streams. However, the psalmist wrote: 4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
“Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” [Matthew 12:34] You cannot get around it; your mouth will eventually reveal what is in your heart. Your passion cannot help but come to the surface in your thoughts, actions, and eventually words. A football fan thinks and speaks about football. A golf fan watches,
