The gospel we preach with our lives is just as important as the gospel which comes from our lips. When I trusted in Jesus Christ as my Savior as a college student, I remember getting so excited that I wanted to tell everybody. (I didn’t know... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
The world would be a better place if we had more people like Clarence. Clarence is a small-town, hardware-store worker who has a passion for people. His career is not the most lucrative in the world, and you probably wouldn’t expect him to... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
There’s a right way to witness and a wrong way to witness. Which method do you use? Back in college, I had a friend named Gary* who loved to share his faith. The only problem was he took this passion to extremes. On one occasion, I was in a... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
There is no such thing as an isolated conflict. Others are always influenced, most of the time in a negative way, by the strife and tension. God had blessed Abram and Lot with great wealth and possessions as they set off in pursuit of His... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Christians have everything to gain and nothing to lose when they stand up for Jesus. In his book, 70 Years of Miracles, Richard H. Harvey shared a firsthand account of his experience in a Chemistry class at Allegheny College in Meadville,... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
The death row inmate should have been executed for his crime; but a Supreme Court order temporarily put a stay on the standard method of execution, prolonging his life. I recently spoke with this man during a trip to the Angola Maximum... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Only when we are made aware of our own weaknesses and limitations will we be in a position where slights and insults won’t bother us. Harry Ironside was a famous preacher known for his verse-by-verse preaching, photographic memory,... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
I’ve come a long way since 1966. Back then, I was elected Kentucky-Tennessee governor of Circle K International. The following year, I was voted the organization’s international trustee. Boy, did I think I was something special. My father... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Have you ever wished you were the stereotypical “life of the party” — the conversationalist and the most popular, most well-liked of all your friends? Would it make you feel better if you were accepted by the “in crowd,” the socially elite,... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Have you ever desired to earn someone’s trust? Maybe you wish your parents would entrust you with greater responsibility, or you desire to earn a promotion from your boss. Perhaps, as a pastor, you want your congregation to trust your... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
