Category Archives: April 2025

On Christmas Day, 2000, Rick and Jennifer Wilkerson were hit on the passenger side of their car in a snow-related crash that left Jennifer—after multiple surgeries and months in three different hospitals—with minimal upper-body movement and complete paralysis from her waist down. Jennifer shared their story in A Hope and a Future, a booklet sheContinue reading “In Her Own Words”

A missionary was visiting with Mahatma Gandhi, and at the close of their visit Gandhi said, “Before you leave, would you sing one of your hymns?” When asked what hymn he would like to hear, Gandhi replied, “Please sing a hymn that expresses all that is deepest in your faith.” After a few moments, theContinue reading “The Old Rugged Cross“

To understand the apostle who is called “the zealot,” it is necessary to know something of the party after which he was named, the Zealots. The Zealots were a nationalistic group of extremists before and after the time of Christ’s ministry on the earth. The main goal of the party was the overthrow—by any meansContinue reading “Simon, the Zealot (11th in The Apostles Series)”

On one occasion while I was senior pastor, the church chose to mark an anniversary with a special reception. That is always a humbling experience because, as any pastor knows, the honors should go to a whole lot of people, starting with his wife and family as well as scores of others. Paul spent aContinue reading “Honor in Reverse”

When God created the world, on the fourth day He made a greater light to rule the day and a lesser light to rule the night—and He made the stars also. (Gen. 1:16) In so doing, the Creator of the universe set in place a principle that seems to govern all of life on thisContinue reading “Thaddaeus (Lebbaeus) the Apostle (10th in a series on the Apostles)”