How could we have known what was coming?  That hot July day in 1978 held  blue skies, dotted only with wisps of cloud. Everything was quiet–a peaceful summer’s day.  We played in the neighborhood from early morning. Just after lunch, a neighbor spotted the funnel cloud in those otherwise blue ...

How can we equip our children and other youth with confidence of the truth? That should be the most popular question today as the church seeks answers to why young adults end up leaving the church. Many Christians live life with blind faith. You know the ones–they love God and ...

In my last article, I described the two sources of supernatural power: God and Satan. Supernatural activity must not automatically be rejected or accepted, but must be tested to determine whether or not it is from God. We must embrace the Holy Spirit in all of His supernatural gifts, but we must not ...

What do you know is right and good that you do not do?  We all have those areas of life that we say, “I ought to do this, but…”  We excuse ourselves in a variety of ways. I’ve always been like this or It’s just the way I am. It ...

The devil tries to use God’s Word against us, and he knows his stuff! He’s been given many names in the bible: “murderer” and “father of lies” (John 8),”dragon” and” serpent” (Revelation 4),” tempter” (Matthew 4), “angel of the abyss” (Revelation 9)…we cannot take him on in our own strength.  But when he ...

Toya Graham, a single mother, was watching the rioting on television when she spotted her 16 year old son, Michael. She immediately went into action. After arriving at the scene of destruction, she hunted him down and chased him when he tried to run. When she caught up with him, ...

It happens every other day or so, my quick-thinking, must-have-answers-to-everything little girl startling me with her tough questions. I should have known it was coming, because we had just spent the day at her school and in the hallway was a special needs student. The most precious sweetheart you have ever ...

Throughout the book of Exodus and Numbers the Israelites complained.  God, through Moses, had battered the Egyptians with ten plagues until Pharaoh finally agreed to let the Israelites leave after God struck all of the first-born of Egypt, both people and animals.  As they made their way to the Red ...

“Jesus said to him, ‘If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.’  Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, ‘Lord, I believe; help my  unbelief!'”  Mark 9:23-24 (NKJV) I am sure it is a component of the human condition to not ...

I’m an animal lover. In fact, I am downright in awe at the variety and complexity of the species within the animal kingdom. The giraffe with that long neck that only contains seven vertebrae. Or how about the pufferfish? Now, there’s an interesting creature. Seriously, even though I am nearing ...