The change in how students are disciplined in school is vastly different from what it used to be. In those days, there was the “board of education” (the teacher’s heavy paddle) and proper behavior was demanded. I remember another way of discipling at the West Huntsville Grammar School. A disobedient student was made to go to the corner of the room and…

In the world, there are many religions. Each one of them claims to hold the solution to sin. Some ask their followers to reject sin. Some ask them to be unconcerned about sin. There are even some that ask them to embrace or even celebrate sin. The Bible, however, makes it clear that sin is something of deadly seriousness. Sin separates us…

“That’s not for me.  I’m not going to that!”  So often that is the mindset that some have toward various gatherings and activities of the church.  It’s almost as if some have decided that nothing other than Sunday morning worship is for them and nothing will convince them otherwise.  Would you be willing to consider a few things for just a few…

“Oh come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully…Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving…For the Lord is the great God…Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker” (Psa. 95:1-6). These words describe the heart of the man whose heart was like the heart of God. David fully understood worship…

When Elisha told Naaman, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean” (2 Kgs. 5:10), did Elisha really have to go and “wash in the Jordan seven times” in order for his flesh to be restored?  Isn’t that a silly question?  The instructions are simple: “go and wash.”  The…

One simple way to view life is to think of how it is a journey up a mountain trail. There are many times when on this journey there are forks in the path ahead of us, and we must choose which one to take, knowing that one of them leads to the place you have heard so much about. You want to…

We are in the midst of another presidential election season. Each side is stating their positions on various political topics. If a candidate can identify the majority’s pet issues, then they greatly raise their chance of winning the election. With the repeal of Roe v. Wade last year, the issue of abortion has remained at the forefront of our political discourse. The…

You’ve heard of people trying to “make a deal” with God, haven’t you?  Maybe you have been one of those people.  “Lord, if you will ______, then I will _____.”  Those “deals” are usually designed for the good of the recipient, aren’t they?  Would you ever try to “make a deal” with God for the good of someone else?  In Psalm 71,…