Are You Asking the Right Questions?

In his daily devotional book entitled Everyday Gospel, author Paul David Tripp  writes the following, “The questions you ask and the answers you accept influence the content, character, and direction of your life. Insightful, wise people are not those who have the...

The Power of Power

Back in the 1980’s my family lived in Columbia, SC, where I served on the ministry staff of Shandon Baptist Church. Our family lived next to a couple in their mid-70’s. His name was Charlie. One spring day while Charlie was mowing his grass, a rake-like attachment on...

The Worldview That Birthed America

”Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!” Psalm 33:12 ESV In just a few days our nation will celebrate its 249th birthday.  That means the Declaration of Independence is celebrating its 249th birthday as well.  With...

Are You a Giver or Grasper?

“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8 Her name was Mae. She passed away recently one week shy of her 100th birthday. Much about Mae intrigued...

The Greatest Trade Ever Made

January 5, 1920 the Boston Red Sox stunned the major league baseball world with the announcement that on December 26, 1919, they had “traded” George Herman “Babe” Ruth to the New York Yankees –  not for other players, but for cash. The actual amount exchanged for “The...