A brisk chill wafting, colorful leaves floating earthward and shorter days welcome autumn once again. Ah, nice transition with summer temperatures escaping the scene. Furthermore, we’re slap bang in the middle of football season. Just like that. Time to trifle away hours watching our favorite teams perform. During halftime, I ...

“I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love (Ephesians 4:1-2 NKJV). Armed with letters from the high priest, a Pharisee, Saul (of Tarsus) attempted putting ...

Lee and I loved watching our four kids play soccer in high school. Other sports enthusiasts may not have noticed their superb-ness, but we thought they were the best! Yeah baby—move over Beckham. By the way, we still watch them, but from a distance now as they succeed in their ...

Often, a variety of overused words become quite common, causing them to lose depth and rich meaning. Take for instance ‘kept’. It’s believed we get the word ‘kept’ from an ascended overlook building during the European Middle Ages. Fourteenth century scholars considered ‘the keep’ a necessary stronghold used in wartime ...

David, a man after God’s own heart, found pleasure in his tenth son Jedidiah. We know him better as Solomon who prayed for an understanding heart to judge the people of Israel (2 Sam 12:24-25). He asked God to give him special abilities of discernment between good and evil (I ...