“When he had received the drink, Jesus said, ‘It is finished’. With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.” (John 19:30) It’s hard to believe that Good Friday is just a few weeks away, but Easter is almost here. Sadly, most of the world no longer sees much of the “Good” in Good Friday. I guess that’s why most businesses no longer observe it as a holiday. But Good Friday is more than a holiday. And while we call it “Good”, it actually commemorates one […]

“He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.” (Micah 7:19) When Robbie and I were dating, I broke up with her because I didn’t think I was ready to make a long-term commitment. To make a long story short, it scared me to death to hear her tell me she loved me. I realized several months after we broke up how much I really loved her. How could […]

“The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means God with us.” (Matthew 1:23) I am writing most of this column from my hotel room in Washington, D.C. where I spent the first weekend in March attending the Annual Legislative Conference of the National Association of Counties. It’s a story that I didn’t want to go stale on me before I returned home to tell it. I told my wife that I had an uneasy feeling […]

“Has not the Lord made them one? In flesh and spirit they are His.” (Malachi 2:15) My wife has a friend who was victimized by an adulterous relationship that broke up his marriage. He didn’t have a clue that his wife was running out on him and even though it’s been years since his marriage ended in divorce, he still hasn’t recovered from the trauma that being caught on the losing end of a love triangle brought with it. In fact, he recently told her that he has […]