“Even when I am old and gray…I declare Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.” Psalm 71:18 In 2007 Michelle Rhee became Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools, one of the worst school systems in America. With declining...
“I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone…” I Timothy 2:1 My pastor once asked the question, “if tomorrow every reference to prayer in the Bible mysteriously disappeared, would anything today be different...
“If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.” I John 1:8 “I believe children are born good. Children learn about sin from other adults.” This new mother was adamant about her feelings. She would not accept the idea of original sin...
“Your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.” Matt. 18:14 The senseless and savage murders of more than 90 people, mostly children, in Oslo, Norway last Friday generated intense emotions in all of us. Anger, sadness, horror,...
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity [fear], but of power, of love and of self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 These are uncertain times, about that you can be certain. Washington and the mainstream media seem determined to feed on all the uncertainty and fears...
“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” Luke 9:23 A high school assembly program included three military recruiters, each assigned fifteen minutes to speak. The Navy and Army recruiters each spoke well beyond...
“My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one…sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.” John 17:15, 17 Fifty percent of today’s children are from divorced homes. Forty percent are being raised without fathers....
“…and David returned home to bless his family.” (I Chronicles 16:43b) Father’s Day has not been around all that long. President Lyndon B. Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation in 1966, but it was never officially recognized until signed into law by...
“But seek first His [the Father’s] kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” Matt. 6:33 Jim Daly, president of Focus On The Family, reported on an interview with Tim Tebow earlier this month by Bill O’Reilly of FoxNews that...
Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Philippians 4:8 This is one of my favorite times of the year. It is a time for...
