Category Archives: March 2024

In the last of these 12 apostolic portraits, I come now to a man of whom Jesus Christ said the worst thing He could have said: “Good it were for that man if He had never been born.” (Mark 14:21) He is mentioned last in every list of the Apostles—just as Peter was mentioned firstContinue reading “Judas Iscariot (12th in a series on The Apostles)”

It has been almost six years since I bid farewell to my faithful flock that I had “watched over” as an under-shepherd for 40 years. My farewell to Thompson Road Baptist Church as “Senior Pastor” was as follows: “Farewell, dear friends, it’s hard to say ‘Goodbye.’ At times we want to laugh, at times toContinue reading “Special Edition of “You and God”: Health and Ministry Update”

It is often referred to as the “Holy Week,” the last week upon earth of Jesus’ life amongst men as the God-man, culminating in the cruel cross crucifixion.  It serves us well to be reminded often of the unspeakable Calvary event, unspeakable because of the rejection of Jesus by His own whom He came toContinue reading “The Crucifixion Week”

He thought he’d won–The Devil, called the Wicked One.The soldiers jeered, the wild crowed yelled;By nails, His hands and feet were held.His body bruised, the crucified;The sun did blush the day He died;While demons clapped their hands in glee,God’s Son did die on Calvary.The day was dark, the deed was done.The serpent thought the battleContinue reading “Another Easter Celebration”

It is often referred to as the “Holy Week,” the last week upon earth of Jesus’ life amongst men as the God-man, culminating in the cruel cross crucifixion.  It serves us well to be reminded often of the unspeakable Calvary event, unspeakable because of the rejection of Jesus by His own whom He came toContinue reading “The Crucifixion Week”

The foulest, vilest, most wretched member of the human race has hopefully been loved at some time by someone—a mother, father, sister, brother, friend, or sweetheart. Just as a baby cannot survive without milk, so a human being cannot survive long without love. Thirteenth-century Roman Emperor Frederick II allegedly experimented with infants, isolating them fromContinue reading “Add to Your Faith Brotherly Kindness (7th in Series)”

Indiana, a mainly conservative Midwestern state where my wife and I have lived for more than half a lifetime, has legalized just about every form of gambling that could be made legal. The most recent is “sports betting,” legalized by a bill passed by the majority of state legislators, mostly Republican. On Sept. 1, 2019,Continue reading “You Bet Your Life!”

Perhaps you have spent time in the presence of a believer, after which you have said to yourself, “That is the godliest person I believe I have ever been around.” Maybe a mentor, a pastor, a shut-in, a missionary, a mother or father, or someone you met through reading about in a book. Can youContinue reading “Add to Your Faith Godliness (6th in Series)”

Most of us are aware that on what is called “Ash Wednesday,” some of our friends may show up at work with “ashes” on their foreheads, sometimes appearing in the form of a cross. We probably realize that they have been to a service in their church, where their priest dipped his thumb into aContinue reading ” About Lent”

Add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience. (II Pet. 1:5,6) What is more needed in our daily walk with Christ than patience? (Ellen will be glad when she sees that I have come to grips again with patience in this passage; more than anyone, sheContinue reading “Add To Your Faith Patience (5th in series)”