“So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have.” (2 Peter 1:12) Did you know that there is a blueprint for heaven in the Bible? That’s right! We serve such a wonderful, loving God that he not only provides directions about how to get to heaven, he also left a painstaking description of it so that we will recognize it when we arrive. Interestingly, while there are over 400 references to heaven in […]

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” (Matthew 5:4) Robbie and I went to hear a rising star in Baptist circles, a young evangelist named C.T. Townsend. If he comes to your community, I urge you to go hear him. He and his wife’s ministry have exploded in recent years, and when I heard him, it was easy to see why. He is dynamic and anointed, an often-unusual combination. He spoke about a hymn that is a source of comfort of many of us when […]

“For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” (Philippians 1:21) As a child, I was terrified of death. I lost my mother when I was seven years old. So death was not just a figment of my imagination. I saw its sting and I understood how it could tear a family apart. I still fear death, largely because I continue to view it through the eyes of that seven-year old that lost his mother. Yet, for the mature Christian, death is a part of […]

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:10) When my now thirty-year-old daughter said her bedtime prayers as a child, she said the same thing every night. In fact, she repeated them so fast I could hardly keep up. I don’t think she realized what she was saying sometimes. However, my family probably wonders the same thing about me when I say table grace. I rarely change a word of it. […]