If God blessed you with a godly mother, you have received one of the greatest gifts God could have given you. I arrived on this planet in the early 1940s. War clouds were gathering, and America would soon be at war. In rural north Wisconsin, my dad was concerned about ...

Big is best! We measure things by how big they are, how large a crowd a performer can attract, or how much money a person can make. We measure churches by how big or how beautiful the building is. We measure a preacher by his church membership number or how ...

The secular headlines screamed: “Man Killed Doing Religious Service!” The Israelites are at it again – doing something religious that ended in disaster.  They had what they called the Ark of the Covenant and were transporting it to a new location in Jerusalem.  They loaded it on a cart pulled ...

Believe it or not, Jesus asked a form of this question in John 21:20-22.  “What is that to thee?” Peter had just received forgiveness for his triple denial that he even knew Jesus.  Jesus had asked him three times, “Do you love me.?.  Each time, Peter affirmed, yes, I love ...

Josiah began his reign over Judah when he was only eight years old.  He started doing right in the sight of the Lord and walking in the ways of King David.  (2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35). When he was sixteen, he began to seek after the Lord.  He started ...