Wednesday nights are special!  Some folks drive 40 miles (or more) to be at midweek services.  Some drive for an hour to be there.  Why?  Because there is just something about Wednesday nights. While some might focus on attendance numbers and focus on “everyone who is not there”—citing as evidence that maybe it’s not that special—I focus rather on those who ARE…

It is true that many of us are too busy. Our family schedules are jam-packed with activities. A week or a month flies by, and we are left wondering where it went. We find ourselves saying that we are too busy too often. It is easy to see that we can be so busy about all the wrong things. We can miss…

The spirit of compromise which permeates our society may be blessing in some areas, but it has little place in regard to the clear teachings of the Bible. Its presence has led to a watered-down teaching in churches in America. While the Bible doctrine about morality is clear, denominations are struggling to deal with divorce for every cause, living together without marriage…

There are dozens of neckties in my closet, and many of them have a special meaning for one reason or another.  But every time I wear the yellow one with blue Paris landmarks, it brings some special thoughts to mind.  My little sister gave me that tie in 1998, when she returned from her senior class trip to Europe.  What do you…

“Your words have been arrogant against Me, says the LORD. Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before the LORD of hosts?’” (Mal. 3:13-14). You’ve heard people talk this way. Something to the…

It is easy for us to overlook the importance of a single word, even of a single letter, as we speak. An illustration of this is shown in the adage, “The only difference in united and untied is where ‘i’ is found.” One single letter moved one space totally changes the meaning of a sentence where it is found. This is why…

When Paul wrote his first epistle to the young evangelist Timothy, he charged him with various responsibilities toward the elders of the church (5:17-25).  Note this one in particular: “Do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses” (5:19).  Apparently it would have been common in the first century for someone to come “to the preacher” with…

It happened in December of last year at a GameStop retail store in Albuquerque, New Mexico. An employee was accused of misgendering (referring to someone with a word or pronoun that does not represent the gender with which they identify) by calling a man dressed and identifying as woman, “sir.”  That person began screaming and cursing and affirming that he was a woman, even…