Common courtesy is no longer common. We were taught it. Or at least I was. I was taught to treat people—all people—with a basic level of respect. They didn’t have to earn it, because it wasn’t about them. It was about me and my character. Common courtesy was to be...
I am often on Facebook and Twitter. For the most part, I enjoy using social media, and I use them for fun, to communicate with people who are important to me, and to promote my faith, beliefs, thoughts, actions, politics, and even my favorite sports teams. While online, I am...
Last year, I blogged about a young man living in our dumpster behind the church. He had a host of issues that led him to our dumpster. He had major family issues. He didn’t know his biological family and his foster family was unable and unwilling to care for him...
Christians have been using technology from the beginning. We were among the first to employ scribes to repeatedly copy the Bible. We were among the very first to use the printing press and later the radio. Our missionary organizations have been using airplanes for decades. And most churches I visit use...
Several people have asked for a copy of my Christmas Eve sermon. We didn’t record it, since we met in the gym. This is an abridged, after Christmas, version of those remarks. The night that Jesus was born was a holy and special night like no other in the history...
Like most Americans, I have prayed deeply for the families in Connecticut who lost children. I have been angered by the evil that seems ever present, and I have recommitted myself to preaching the truths of God’s love and the gospel of Jesus Christ. While thinking and praying, the words...
Another major American leader had his career destroyed this week when an adulterous affair was revealed. And at this point, no one knows for sure just how far this investigation will go. Are there others involved? Has a culture of cheating invaded every aspect of American life? Even a cursory...
Its rewarding to see Christianity at work at church, but its even more rewarding to see it in a business. Did you read about the retiring auto dealer? Howard Cooper of Ann Arbor, Michigan, did more than just say goodbye to his employees when he sold his dealership and retired....
Like many other Southern Baptists, I read with dismay of the situation that occured at First Baptist Church in Crystal Springs, Mississippi. A black couple who had been attending the church wanted to get married. They scheduled the ceremony and even had the rehearsal on a Thursday night, just two days...
A news article arrested my attention this morning. It featured a Chicago Funeral Director proclaiming “These Kids Don’t Expect To Live a Full Life” anymore. In his neighborhood, violence and murder are so common that many kids he talks to expect to die young in a violent death. It’s just part of their...
