“On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but no one shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.” (Deuteronomy 17:6) I was talking with some friends recently about a heinous crime that had been committed. The gory details saturated the newspaper and we were all shocked and saddened that such a thing could happen right here in our own community. One of my friends commented, “I hope they fry them when they catch them.” I wondered, What […]

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you-, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8) Billy Graham has said for years that the greatest problem facing America is racism. In fact, Graham’s book, A Prophet with Honor, recalls that in 1953 Graham “dismissed as unbiblical the racist contention that dark skin and the inferior social standing of blacks [were] derived from a curse Noah placed on Canaan, the […]

“It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him.” (Deuteronomy 13:4) In May of 1991, I asked Jesus to come into my heart. I’ll never forget the sense of joy and peace that came with that decision. I now some sense of hope. Finally, I was beginning to believe that everything was going to turn out okay. Six weeks later I lost my job. I was one of the last […]

“Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to you while you may be found; surely when the mighty waters rise, they will not reach him.” (Psalm 32:6) My wife told me a story the other day, which took the form of a modern-day parable. Jesus often relied on parables in the Bible to compare something in everyday life to a spiritual truth. However, many of us have trouble understanding Jesus’ parables because we don’t belong to the culture for which they were written. The importance of the spiritual […]