“For whatsoever is not of faith is sin.” (Romans 14:23) We don’t think much about whether those who commit suicide will go to heaven. That is unless we are members of a family that has experienced the tragedy of suicide. I remember as a child, a neighbor hanged himself in his dining room. We were playing football on an empty lot next to his home when the police arrived late one afternoon. We could see him hanging from a chandelier through the dining room window. I later asked […]

“According to your faith, it will be done to you.” (Matthew 9:29) Microsoft Windows has a new operating system out, Windows XP. I just bought it and got the surprise of my life when I found out I had to activate it. Activation is Microsoft’s way of forcing you to register your product. When you register it, they image your drive, which prevents you from installing it on another computer. In other words, you can no longer use the same copy of the Windows for every computer in […]

“When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, ‘Surely he was the Son of God!’ ” (Matthew 27:54) When you stop and think about it, there is a wonderful salvation story here because that Roman Centurion was the first man to believe that Jesus died on the Cross to save him. I am sure he felt the shame that many of us felt when our eyes were first opened to the sin […]

“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.” (Ephesians 5:31) Robbie and I both agreed today that we just couldn’t leave you hanging about her return from Hawaii. In fact, that trip has changed our relationship. I don’t take her for granted like I did before she left; and she can’t figure out what in the world has happened to me! Listen. I’m not quite sure I know myself, except to […]