“Can flavorless food be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? My soul refuses to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me.” (Job 6:6-7) My column several weeks back, “God Isn’t Through With Us,” commending the life and work of Jerry Falwell, did not sit well with one reader: “I disagree with you. Falwell was nothing like Christ. He showed none of the compassion, love, understanding, and patience of Christ…All he did was condemn and insult them (sinners), telling […]

“Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12) I have personally witnessed hundreds of salvation experiences, but I’ve never witnessed one as dramatic as I saw several years ago. A twenty-six year old man came to know the Lord Jesus from an altar call that followed a drama at my church. The drama made you think about the poor choices we make and the consequences that they often bring. One […]

He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. (John 8:44-45) Six years ago, I watched my daughter suffer from anorexia and am convinced from the deception I saw at work that Satan may have been more responsible than some of the other explanations […]

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes.” (Romans 1:16) I was saddened by the death of Jerry Falwell on Tuesday. I first began watching him on the Old Time Gospel Hour in 1984, 7 years before I came to know the Lord. I thought he spoke so boldly and with such authority back then. I still do! I did not always agree with what he said, or even how he said it, […]