Owning a business or running a company must be so much more challenging today than it was just a few years or decades ago.  The way that our society has changed (not always for the better), the way that the average person’s work ethic has changed (rarely for the better), amidst all of the other economic challenges and government regulations, it must…

When our government talks about balancing the national budget, they are always talking about taking the existing budget (with all that has been accumulated over the years) and cutting things out of it.  When we look at our busy schedules and try to find room for something else, we always take the entirety of our existing schedule (with all that has been…

It is widely believed that babies come into this world having inherited sin from their ancestors.  If that is true (which it is not), how many sins does the average newborn baby have?  Does he have one, two, three?  Does he have 700, 800, 900?  For which sins of his ancestors is he guilty?  4,000?  5,000?  6,000?  No!  The answer is zero!…

For those who have ever tried to send information or upload files via the internet, you know that it is much faster to download and receive than it is to upload and send.  For example, a speed test that I just ran on my internet connection showed download 4-5 times faster than upload.  What does that have to do with anything?  Well,…

How easy is it to start an argument or a fight?  Whether at school, at work or in your home, the right word, the right look, the right attitude, the right behavior or the right action can ignite an argument instantaneously.  The wise man said, “It is honorable for a man to stop striving, since any fool can start a quarrel” (Prov.…

The Founding Fathers of this country were men of principle and integrity.  Even down to the sixteenth President of this country, Abraham Lincoln was a man of principle and integrity.  They did not operate based upon “what was popular” or “what polled well among the people.”  There was RIGHT and there was WRONG, and these early leaders in our nation’s history did…

The English definition of the verb “pant” is “to feel strong desire; yearn eagerly; to long with breathless or intense eagerness.”  It is often used of one (or even an animal) who is panting for air – feeling a strong desire; yearning eagerly; longing with intense eagerness.  When you lack proper oxygen and need a breath of air, panting kicks in automatically.…

The favorite old hymn says, “Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love; the fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above.”  There is something uniquely beautiful and uniquely strong about the Christian bond.  The tie that binds two hearts together in Christ-like love is mysteriously strange to those outside of Christ. Why do a Christian husband and…