I know this will place me solidly in the waving-a-rebel-flag-redneck category in some people’s minds. I also can’t vouch for it’s authorship because I received it via and email whose subject line began with “FWD:”. Even so I really embrace what’s written. Thus I thought I’d share. Are we fighting a war on terror or [...]

Would you believe me if I told you that, while as many as 12000 illegal immigrants cross the Mexican border into the United States per day, the United States is planning to send $1.4 Billion dollars to Mexico so that the Mexicans can secure their own southern border? What if I told you that $550 [...]

From Baptist Press: Posted on Feb 5, 2008 | by Staff UPDATED 5:45 A.M. February 6, 2008. JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)–Union University in Jackson, Tenn., sustained heavy tornado damage Tuesday evening at approximately 7 pm when a line of heavy thunderstorms rushed through the area. At 5:45 P.M. Central on Feb. 6, news and information director, [...]

Yesterday a friend told me about a talk show radio host who was reprimanding Mike Huckabee for refusing to surrender his Presidential bid and align with Romney so they could “beat McCain.” This is, of course, close kin to the idea that would have us find an “electable” candidate to beat Hillary. Both together represent [...]

Living by the Book Lesson 12 Reading Well: Purposefully “2 Timothy 3:16-17…says that all Scripture is given by divine inspiration and is ‘profitable.’ In other words, it serves a purpose – four purposes, as a matter of fact: teaching, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteous living.” – Howard Hendricks, Living by the Book. “Purposeful reading [...]

Living by the Book Lesson 11 (Covering Chapter 14) Reading Well: Meditatively Read the Bible Meditatively “In other words, learn to reflect on it.” – Howard Hendricks, Living by the Book “…there’s no such thing as instant spirituality.” Bible References to Look Up Joshua 1:8 – “That verse shows that there is a close connection [...]

Living by the Book Lesson 10 (Covering Chapter 13) Reading Well: Imaginatively Read the Bible Imaginatively “It is sad but true that the average person thinks that reading the Bible is dreadfully boring. In fact, the only thing more boring would be listening to someone teach from the Bible.” – Howard Hendricks, Living by the [...]

Living by the Book Session 9 (Covering Chapter 12) Reading Well: Prayerfully Reading Prayerfully “Learn to pray before, during, and after your reading of Scriptures.” I. Don’t try to imitate other Christians – Hendricks gives good advice on this point. We don’t learn to pray simply by imitating other believers because we have the Lord [...]

Living by the Book Session 8 (Covering Chapters 10 and 11) Reading Well: Patiently and Selectively Read the Bible Patiently I. Work with one book for one month – “In Bible study, five weeks with a book is usually enough time…In five weeks you can read the book through several times. You can observe its [...]

Tonight validates belief in a just God.