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What is the hardest thing you ever had to do? Deal with financial problems, job loss or casualty loss? How about the aftermath of a car collision? Have you had family members pass away? Maybe you had an incredibly hard decision to make? Those are all difficult positions to be in but one of...

As time went on, I realized I was involved in a near impossible situation...one of dealing with an alleged Christian who was going out of their way to make life as impossible and intolerable for me. At the time, as a relatively new believer, my first thought was to do much self examination...

Over the years I've had some things which stuck in my mind which I could never explain. I hated history class in the eighth grade. Most of it was boring to me but for some reason a memory which stuck out was when the teacher used maybe five minutes or less when we were studying early America...

Every Pastor makes hospital visits or SHOULD make hospital visits. Every Pastor needs help making such visits, especially if his list of the sick is long. The longest walk is to your car after the visit. Its hard to say, which is the cause of the "longer walk"? Is it when the person you are...

If I want you to listen to me or read what I am writing, what is a great way to do that? Over the years, I've done a ton of radio commercials and some TV voice overs. When I do, I always insist on creative freedom to make changes in the wording as I see fit with the point being I want the...

We can read the Bible for years and then suddenly we realize there's something we have missed in some of the verses and stories we've read many times! Nearly every pastor/preacher has done a sermon or two or three on the "Fiery Furnace". There was even a popular song by Brook Benton in 1961...

"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me!" How many times have you heard that absolute FALSE statement? Did your parents ever teach you that? If they did, they should have continued by teaching you: Two plus two equals five because that is equally as false. The...

Sometimes a message is so important we need to get right into it. For example, if I see the car you are in has flames spewing from underneath, am I going to come up to you and speak about the weather or am I going to tell you, "You need to get out of the car RIGHT NOW" !!!! Today's message is...

All is going well for days, weeks or months at a time when you realize something just isn't right. Maybe you're coughing a little, your bathroom habits are not in their usual cycle or despite getting lots of sleep, you feel like you've just played three hockey games in one day! Yep...YOU are...

It was a business trip and Tom went to see Jack about one of Jack's contractual employees. Tom was an Attorney and his client had some plans for the employee in question if only Jack would work with him. Much money would have been made for all three parties. One problem, Jack was a Certified...

It was exactly one week ago today, as I write, I arrived at a get-together where I was expected to "say a few words" (being the spiritual giant I am)! Nothing new for me, I've done it many, many times over. Being this was a very special, specific occasion, I had a specific message planned...

You don't need to be in the ministry very long before you are asked questions about this subject the FIRST time. Guess what, you'll be asked again and again and sometimes you'll be immersed in the aftermath. That subject is suicide. The usual question is: "What will happen to me afterward?"...

"Extra"...one of those many words in the English language which has several meanings. In football, it means an opportunity to make more points. In the print media as in the old fashioned process of selling newspapers on the street, an "extra" was a special edition of the newspaper containing a...

Over twenty years ago I was fully involved with a major problem in dealing with a caustic, nasty, hate filled individual full of verbal and at times physical assaults. In the beginning I prayed and prayed for God to change this person. I pointed out to Him, (as if He didn't already know), how...

One of the things us pilots do much of is to read crash reports. Over my time, I've read thousands of them. "Why would you want to read about death and injury", someone will ask. Although those reports do have some very limited information as to cause of death, there are no body pictures...

Every once in a while we come across people who will proudly say "If its in the Bible, I believe it. If its not in the Bible, I don't!". Some people will even attempt to say the same thing using King James language. (I guess I'm not "holy" enough to do that!) Lets go back to Genesis where...

We pray, right? Prayer should be part of every day of every believer. What about praying for the sick, the seriously ill? Is it possible that person's illness is being used by God for a much bigger reason? One of the most fertile grounds for getting closer to God is times of death and...

It was the whole left side of my head, around the ear and further forward and upward. "The aneurysm is growing and I'll soon be gone", is what I thought! No wonder, the stress, anxiety and anger has been brewing. It only happens at work where I've observed "special treatment" to others. No...

Hey, guess what? Me, you, all your friends and everyone you know and don't know are on their way to their LAST HEARTBEAT. What advance planning have you done? I don't mean financial, I'm writing about some of the aspects of YOUR funeral which are over looked and most of which are done the...

Have you? Its been several times for me. Once it was almost a forgotten formality. Another time, the "brass" was there, pictures were taken and a very important young guy, about the age of six, stood with me at my request. Those were official, secular events and procedure. They gave me...