So people are outraged by the killing of a lion named Cecil in Africa.
A beautiful creation of God has been killed, with no respect for the inherent worth of that…
I loved the show "24,'' and Jack Bauer was the quintessential American hero. A loner often misunderstood, he avoids relationships because loved ones have a way of getting hurt around…
I sat at the bedside of a dying woman this week. She was confined to bed, and had oxygen running through a line to her nose.
After a few pleasantries, I…
Growing up in a southern Baptist church, every Easter there were two hymns you had to sing…or you probably weren’t really Baptist.
One was “Low in the Grave He…
The gales of wind howled through the trees outside the old cabin. Smoke rose from the chimney as the old man ate his humble soup safely inside. His weathered hands…
As a pastor, I meet a lot of people who tell me they are Christians. However, there's a favor I'd like to ask a few of them...
Would you please stop…
There’s a certain odd hush that comes upon a town at Christmas Eve.
It’s not that people aren’t still working — those days when everyone got off work for Christmas…
One of the funniest critiques I hear lobbed against Christians is that we "believe in fairy tales".
"You Christians think your daddy in the sky created humans - how quaint…
I recently got a Facebook message from a well-meaning Christian friend:
"God has seen everything you've been going through, and He told me to tell you 'IT'S OVER'! Your trial…
In light of the coming hubbub that will inevitably be ignited by random Nativity displays, not to mention fearful store employees wishing you a very PC "Happy Holidays" this month,…
My 26th wedding anniversary is today (Nov 19, 2014), and I can still remember how awkwardly the proposal played out.
I was a youth pastor with a group of 80 teenagers…
We’ve parented 5 kids so far…and counting. So we’re well aware of all the negative influences a child faces in today’s culture. There are temptations and hazards now most of…