“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” (2 Corinthians 3:17) We have been taught that there is a time and a place for everything. Sadly, Christians have confused submission with apathy for so long, many of us won’t even talk about Jesus until Christmas. Dr. William James – who is often referred to as the Father of Modern Psychology – once said, “There is nothing so absurd but if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it”. […]

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” (2 Corinthians 5:17) There were times when the Apostle Paul must have looked at himself in the mirror and wondered what in the world had happened to him. He knew that salvation from the inside is much more difficult to understand than it is from the outside. When Paul wrote to the Church at Corinth that “old things have passed away” and “all things have become […]

Several years ago, I had a meeting in Washington, D.C. and heard a surprisingly honest and sincere speech by then Ohio Congressman, John Kasich. It’s been a while so you may not remember Kasich when he was in Washington. He was a nine-term Congressman and became Chairman of the House Budget Committee when the Republicans gained control of Congress in 1994. He won so much acclaim for balancing the federal budget that he ran a short-lived campaign for president in 1999. Kasich later served for eight years as […]

“In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” (John 14:2) What a great verse because it teems with truth. I’ve talked before about the truth that heaven is a real place. This week’s column points out that truth. But this week is more about the messenger who speaks truth – Jesus! This is a very personal story because it is about my brother. I’m not going to hang my family’s laundry […]