“Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.” (Genesis 6:9) My wife and I recently returned from a trip from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Lancaster County is widely known as “Amish Country”, but we found something much more memorable. Right there among the Amish, nestled in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is the Millennium Theatre, a 2100-seat state-of-the-art facility presenting Christian drama at its best. We’ve never seen anything like it. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever been surrounded by more […]

“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ–to the glory and praise of God.” (Philippians 1:9-11) I have an employee, who during a performance appraisal, remarked: “I give my all everyday so when I go to bed at night, I don’t have to apologize […]

“We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” (2 Corinthians 5:8) I believe the above verse; and I wonder just what Tim McVeigh thought when his spirit left his body and he saw God. Interestingly, McVeigh chose not to offer any last words that might have brought some comfort to the families of the 168 people he killed. Instead, he chose to portray himself as the one who was suffering, a martyr. “I am the […]

“If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.” (1 Corinthians 15:13) I consider it a real joy and privilege to write this column. In fact, many of you have told me that it’s one of the first things you look for in the newspaper on Saturday morning. Do me a favor. When you finish my column this morning, stop and say a prayer for my family and me. When I moved to Griffin in 1992, I thought […]