Category Archives: June 2023

Today marks the 247th birthday of this great nation! I can remember July 4, 1976, in Wichita, Kansas, when our family joined other families in commemorating this special day with an all-day preaching and dinner-on-the grounds service. We so enjoyed that day, and though the 200-year-old nation then was (and is) fraught with problems, weContinue reading “July 4th, Then and Now”

Fifty years ago, Ed Christy graduated from Beech Grove High School in Beech Grove, Indiana. After graduation he found a job, and working alongside of him was a man who was a member of Thompson Road Baptist Church, at that time pastored by Dr. Fred Moritz.  One day, Dick Reed, Ed’s co-worker, invited Ed toContinue reading “One Invitation”

‘’Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him.” Good counsel from the Psalmist’s pen (37:7), but experience has proven that it is often easier said than done. So many examples of disaster have been recorded when it is not heeded, however, that it behooves all who want to go the way of wisdom toContinue reading ““Go Fever””

A boy once asked his father what a preacher does. The Dad replied, “Well, his time is his own, which means he is always on the job. You see, the man who is cursed with punching in a time-clock in the morning is also blessed with the privilege of punching one out in the evening.Continue reading “Occupy ‘Till He Comes”

Picture this hypothetical scene with me: It is mid-19th century and you are living on a large and beautiful plantation in a southern state. Your farm consists of hundreds of acres of good, tillable soil that generates a good income. Your daughters are beautiful and your sons are brilliant, and you have planned to leaveContinue reading “The Prayerful Petition of God’s PeopleLamentations 5 (Final installment)”

Father’s Day gives us a special opportunity to reflect not only upon our responsibility as a father, but also upon the heritage of Godly fathers and fathers-in-law that many of us have been blessed with. In this post, I want to share some memories of my father-in-law, Marvin Beshears. Marvin grew up in the DepressionContinue reading “God’s Man From Heaven Sent”

In 1981, a roaring fire started by an arsonist raged through the downtown area of Lynn, Massachusetts. Hundreds of people, including many elderly folk, were evacuated from their homes. Millions of dollars’ worth of buildings were completely ruined. It was a horrible Thanksgiving nightmare for the town, leaving the core of the city a smolderingContinue reading “Unbelievable!(Lamentations, Part 4)”

“O wretched man that I am!” (Rom. 7:24) Those words, exclaimed in exasperation by the Apostle Paul, followed a deep look into his soul and self after which he exclaimed: “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) there dwelleth no good thing.” (Rom. 7:18) Every human being has been created inContinue reading “Just Look at Yourself!”

I am convinced that there is not enough encouraging prevalent in our local churches today. And, there definitely is not enough encouraging in our world at large. Just listen to any newscast today, local or national, and see how uplifting that experience was not! In the early church, there was a believer, Joses, who wasContinue reading “The Encourager”

Can you remember a time that you thought was the darkest hour of your life? Perhaps you had just made a colossal business blunder that had cost you hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars. Maybe you had just received news that your spouse or child was hopelessly ill. Or, you might have come home and foundContinue reading “The Personal Praise of God’s People (Lamentations, Part 3)”