“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him…” (John 6:44) I was talking to a friend of mine the other day about life in general. I have been concerned for quite some time about his soul, but was afraid to ask him for fear that the question would divide us. I kept telling myself that I could do more good by trying to show him a godly lifestyle than I ever could by popping the question and driving him away. A recent […]

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven…a time to keep and a time to throw away.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1,6) I recently witnessed a special time in the history of our community, a time to keep rather than a time to throw away. There stood Wyomia Tyus, all the way from Los Angeles. She came home to help dedicate a county park, one with her own name on it. It was a fitting tribute to a black woman who has brought unusual distinction […]

“Wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.” (Matthew 26:13) When Jesus spoke those words, he was talking about a woman who had honored him by pouring perfume on his head. When I heard them recently, I thought about Cassie Bernall, a 17-year-old junior at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. How many of us would admit to being a Christian when a gun is aimed at us, knowing full well that a “yes” means death? […]

“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit” (Matthew 12:33) I was recently involved in a misunderstanding that has turned out to be a real source of embarrassment. The particulars are not important because the embarrassment that I experienced had nothing to do with the nature of the misunderstanding. I was embarrassed because the circumstances that surrounded the incident make me look as if I was the […]