Faith

  I met a certain politician years ago. I observed that he studied name tags in the room and immediately called people by name. He made it to lieutenant governor in his state, so I’m sure this helped. Since then, I’ve tried to do this, too. It’s been said the sweetest words we can speak…

  It has been said that nine out of 10 people worry. There are a lot of reasons why people are anxious in 2026. Some are worried over finances, gas prices, grocery prices, their job, their children. Some are anxious about their health, death, or old age. We need to realize that worry effects our…

  Abigail Adams famously wrote to her husband, John, at the Second Continental Congress in 1776, “Remember the ladies.” Southern Baptists currently are remembering and debating the ladies. I met a female associate pastor while visiting a Presbyterian church on recent travels. This practice is common in some American denominations. Alabama Baptists have women in…

  “And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time…” – Jonah 3:1. God is patient, merciful and longsuffering toward us. The above verse proves how forgiving God is. Jonah completely blew it the first time. God instructed the prophet to go to Nineveh to proclaim judgment to come. Jonah went the…

My generation remembers taking trips or experiencing emergencies and looking about for a telephone. Little did we dream one day we’d all have one in our pockets. But is this a positive or a negative thing? One of my colleagues at Judson College always wore ear buds. I asked about this one day, and he…

Jesus called himself the Good Shepherd in John 10, contrasting himself with the “hireling.” This familiar King James word is rendered “hired hands” in other translations. Jesus said the hireling is afraid when the predator appears. He runs away and abandons the sheep. Thus the hireling is only interested in a job, not a calling,…

We think nothing about people being left-handed, other than crime shows teach us to notice these things since the Boston Strangler and Jack the Ripper were lefties. But with 10 percent of the population being left-handed, it’s not a major concern to us. But there was a time when being a lefty was seen as…

  According to II Timothy 3:16-17 “All scripture is given by the inspiration of God…” The Bible is our “rule book” (blueprint) by which we are to live. II Peter 1:3 reads, “According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness…” One of the most important lessons…