“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8) I have been rather surprised by what I heard about the circumstances involving the death of Freddie Gray. To have handcuffed a man and placed leg restraints on him, put him in the back of a van, and not restrain him was as inhumane of an act as I have seen. […]

“When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, ‘Dear woman, here is your son, and to the disciple, Here is your mother.’ From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.” (John 19:26-27) Many of you may not know that my mother died when I was at the tender age of seven. That was a traumatic time for me, but God had already made sure that someone would be around to step in and give […]

“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.” (2 Timothy 3:12) My newspaper column came to an end in one of newspapers where it was being published. It has appeared in that newspaper for almost fifteen years. Many of my readers there have told me how much they looked forward to it. If this is true, then why? The newspaper industry has changed so much over the last decade. As a print medium, it is struggling to maintain readership due to the […]

“Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” (Luke 11:28)