Reaching Forward

One the great heroes of the Bible is David.   I love this guy.  Courage, passion,  honor-he has it all (including some serious sin!). God said he found in him “a man after his own heart.”   Even in terrible circumstances, he lived as a champion.  Even after a horrible...

Happy Damaged People

Every life is full of events that leave us damaged. These events can affect us so powerfully that there can be a permanent change for the worse in our character that never recovers.  The THINGS that damage us most are usually not money problems, career changes, or...

A Fresh Start

I trust everyone had a great Christmas, and that you had a good time with your family.  I heard a story of a woman who was coming out of a Christmas Eve service and stopped to talk with her pastor.  She told the pastor that earlier that evening she had met a bearded...

The Fruitful Life: Part Four

The February 26, 1974 edition of Insight told the story of Major William Martin, a British subject who is buried near Huelvo on the southern coast of Spain. Martin never knew the great contribution he made to the Allied success in the Second World War, especially in...

Dont Be Afraid To Ask

Fred Craddock, a professor of the course “Preaching and New Testament” at Emory University tells a story about a young pastor who goes to pray with an older woman. She’s near death; she’s in the hospital lying on the pillow, gasping for breath. He visits...

Finding your Purpose in Life – Overcoming Temptation

A wife got in the car with her husband and noticed a crumpled up donut bag in between the seats.  “Hey, what happened to your diet?”  “Oh, I think the Lord wanted me to have that,” the husband said.  “Sounds kind of fishy to me. What happened?” she said.  “Well, as I...