Andy 
Six times the inspired Psalmist wrote these very words – “Praise ye Jehovah. Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his lovingkindness endureth forever” (Psalm 106:1; 107:1; 118:1,29; 136:1,3). Elsewhere he encouraged those around him to “give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; make known among the peoples his doings” (Psalm … Read more…
I believe I am safe in saying that regardless of how immoral and skeptical our society has become that the vast majority of people around us still at least claim to believe in the validity of the Bible. Even though true New Testament Christianity is largely absent from the lives of most Americans still have … Read more…
When Joshua knew his remaining time was short he called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers. And with those national leaders surrounding him he spoke to them about his hopes and his aspirations for their future. He reminded them of what they had … Read more…
If you could name me a more potent tool available to the child of God I’d like for you to name it. There may be some as important, but none more so. Prayer represents the opportunity that Christians uniquely have to have a candid conversation with Almighty God, the Creator of the universe. To offer … Read more…
Did you know that Tennessee has some of the loosest abortion laws in the southeast? I didn’t, at least not until this year. As a strong conservative state my uninformed assumption had been that we fell in line with other prominent conservative states in largely restricting it. But then I started reading the facts and … Read more…
It was an unusual reaction to such a tremendous feat. On yet another occasion Jesus had cast out unclean demons possessing the lives of innocent people, a deed that was pure evidence of His divine power and nothing else. Righteousness displayed its power over the forces of evil and everybody knew it. Or did they? … Read more…
An “after thought.” That’s how we typically characterize secondary priorities in our lives; things that just aren’t that important. Sometimes that might a person’s health, their children, their spouse, their job, etc. Sometimes things should be an after thought. Some things like hobbies, time wasters, etc. just aren’t important enough in life for them to … Read more…
One Sunday morning not too long ago I experienced one of those anomalies that can sometimes occur when all of my teenage class was out of town for one reason or another. Knowing where they were all at I unworriedly walked from my empty classroom into the young adult class just across the hall to … Read more…
Heaven. Most people still believe it exists and most of those people assume that one way or another they’re going there. They’re not really sure how, they just assume that it will happen. It’s like they assume that heaven is everyone’s eternal default setting and you’ve got to do some really evil stuff to mess … Read more…
You thought life had gone pretty well. Health, wealth, and happiness – those were the principles by which you lived your life. Many people loved you and you loved many people. There was no reason for concern on your part. You thought everything was going to be fine. There was never any sign of disaster. … Read more…