While searching for near-Earth asteroids on September 11, 1999, a ground-based telescope discovered an asteroid that was later named Bennu.  After several years of researching this asteroid along with development of astounding space exploration technologies, a NASA spacecraft called OSIRIS-REx was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on an Atlas V 411 rocket on September 8, 2016.  After orbiting the sun for a…

There are religions whose name indicates that they believe that we must observe the Sabbath on Saturday and that there is no authority to worship God on the first day of the week. Then, there are many who say that we must observe the Ten Commandments and that God has changed His teachings, and now Sunday is the “Christian Sabbath.” Keep in…

The day after Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem this curious event unfolds. On the next day, when they had left Bethany, He became hungry. Seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if perhaps He would find anything on it, and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season…

You know the story.  “All the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, and said to him, ‘…Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations’” (1 Sam. 8:4-5).  Samuel’s response was one of displeasure when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” so he “prayed to the Lord” (8:6).  The Lord told…

The older I get as a Christian the more I am convinced that the key to greater spirituality is found in meditating on the psalms. David was a man after God’s own heart. By letting our hearts speak these words which flowed from the heart of David, our hearts will become like David’s heart and at the same time become like the…

“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity” (Psa. 133:1)! We know that to be true, and we strive for that end. However, there are times when we feel more like, “too long has my soul had its dwelling with those who hate peace” (Psa. 120:6). We may feel at odds with the majority of…

What is the worst thing that you could ever do?  There are all sorts of answers that could be given to that question, but can you think of anything worse than denying Jesus in His very presence?  There’s probably not anything worse than that, especially when you do that just hours after you “vehemently” stated, “If I have to die with You,…

When I was a student at Freed-Hardeman University, the Mooresville congregation near Lewisburg, Tennessee wanted to send me to help spread the gospel in Georgia. Through one of teachers at the college, I made contact with the church in Savannah, and I preached in my first gospel meeting in an attempt to plant the church Statesboro, Georgia. I was there for two…