'As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. ' Genesis 50:20 A couple weeks ago, I had the privilege of addressing a friend's congregation.  The sermon was on the life of...

A week ago, our yard was turning brown and starting to show several cracks in the ground after about a month with not much more than a few sprinkles from time to time.  Without regular rain most of the plants, aside from a few weeds, were starting to go dormant.  We...

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Most have heard this many times, I'm sure, but it's been on my mind so I'm sharing it. "God gave you two ears and one mouth so that you'd listen twice as much as you talk". I'm as guilty as most and more than some of this. I think most people have a tendency to half...

This photo may seem pretty ordinary and on the face or it appears to be a frog and some old socks, but is there more to the story?  Years ago, back when I was in grad school I went with a group from our school on my first Spring Break mission trip to the backwoods of...

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' While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” ' Matthew 4:18-19  I am heading...