Life on Mission Where would you go for the sake of the gospel? Would you go overseas - to Iran or China or North Korea or Russia? Would you go to the north or to the south? Would you go to Europe? Would you go next door? I alluded to this in the Dear Family message this week, but I thought I’d reiterate…

Obadiah gets a vision for the nation of Edom. Their pride becomes their downfall.

Imagine this scene. A southern, agricultural businessman makes his way to the north. He is out of his home, but in many ways it’s the same country among the same people. He has a southern accent. The man sees various atrocities as he is conducting his business and is inspired by God to say something.…

Remembering 9/11 Do you remember where you were on 9/11/01? I remember driving to work and hearing about it on the radio. I thought it was strange and a fluke accident - and then the next plane hit and then the next and the next. Do you remember the response? The schools went into a lock down mode for…

Crazy things people do for love People sometimes do crazy or even reckless things because of love. One man faked his death in a car accident in order to propose to the woman he loved. “The man hired a movie director, stuntmen, make-up artists and a script writer to make a convincing accident scene. “His…

In Time of Trouble In 1895, Andrew Murray was in England suffering from a terribly painful back, the result of an injury he had incurred years before. One morning while he was eating breakfast in his room, his hostess told him of a woman downstairs who was in great trouble and wanted to know if he had…

What’s in a name? In Act II , Scene II of Shakespeare’s famous play, Romeo and Juliet , the star-crossed lovers have this encounter: Juliet: O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet Romeo:…

Introduction Do you remember where you were when you first heard about the Coronavirus? I don’t remember the exact place, but I remember hearing some news reports in January about something that was happening in China. Over the next couple of weeks, the virus came up in a handful of news reports and…

Introduction Have you ever had one of those embarrassing moments in a store or in public? You know, that moment when you hear that child that is absolutely losing his mind, yelling, screaming, stomping his feet. You feel for the parent. You’re frustrated by the disturbance? Or, have you ever been the…

Introduction How do you know who to trust? The book of Proverbs encourages us to have a multitude of counselors, but how do you know who has pure motives and who is being deceptive? I’ve been working through a biography of the life of George Washington, the acclaimed general of the Revolutionary War…