People ask me why I waste my time writing about what’s going on in our country’s political sphere. “Governments and politics can’t change the real problem, which is in the human heart,” they say. “And only God can do that. Shouldn’t we focus our attention to sharing Christ with people and praying their hearts will …
PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE ORDNANCE! “Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.” Martin Luther King Jr. I don’t expect non-Christians to think or act like Christians. But I’m starting to lose hope for more Christians to think and act like Christ. In too many …
Have Your Eyes Seen the Glory?
Faith is… A different way of seeing. A different way of being. And it sees different things that without faith we wouldn’t see. Lastly, what it sees makes a difference and how we act. On April 3, 1968, at Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee the night before his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his …
“A Knock at Midnight”
Celebrate MLK Day with some of my favorite excerpts from his landmark sermon called “A Knock at Midnight”: “Now this numerical growth of the Church is not to be over-emphasized. We must not succumb to the temptation of confusing spiritual power with big numbers. Jumboism, as someone has called it, is an utterly fallacious standard …
Happy Juneteenth!
For the 3rd or 4th time I watched the great movie on the Jackie Robinson story called, “42” – his major league number. It’s both disturbing and inspiring. My two favorite lines in the movie: “We had a victory of fascism in Germany. It's time, time we had a victory over racism at home.” (Branch …
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