Alan Jackson’s question takes us back ten years ago, today, almost to this hour. Do you remember where you were? How did you feel when you learned that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center? Do you remember how your heart sank when the second plane crashed, and it became evident that this […]
As most of you know, James Hinkle and his son Jim are continuing their work in Lusaka, Zambia as you read this article. Let me share with you some comparisons about what life is like for the average Zambian. If you were a Zambian, you would be 25 times more likely to have HIV than […]
May you rejoice in the wife of your youth. Proverbs 5:18 The Gores have split after 40 year. Yep! Tipper and Al are going their separate ways. One daughter had already divorced and the other decided to call it quits as well. It seems that more and more people are splitting their marriage and giving […]
Check out our pictures and more from our annual Sweetheart’s Banquet. It was a great night to celebrate the ones we love. Hope to see you next year! You can click on a photograph to go to Picasa Web Albums and email it to a friend, download it to your computer, download the entire album, […]
Money doesn’t buy happiness. It’s true-even when you’re talking about lots of money! Andrew Carnegie, the steel tycoon-turned-philanthropist is certainly qualified to talk about money and happiness: his net worth was a massive $309.2 billion (with a b!) dollars, adjusted for inflation. To put that in perspective, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet each have a […]
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13:13 I never noticed it before but there are two thirteens in the location of this powerful text from the pen of Paul. Now we all know that 13 is an unlucky number. They even leave off the 13th […]
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?” Matthew 7:3 It is a diabolical human trait. We dwell on the past and remember the things we should have long forgotten. We often go to the blame garden and pluck […]
I listened recently to a sermon by a well-known preacher. He described well the functions of different members of the Lord’s body and stressed the importance of each member’s role. He referred to Ephesians 4:11 and following: “He gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds, and teachers, to equip the saints for the […]