On December 12, 2000 I made a decision. My decision was that I would no longer live for myself. I decided that I would give my heart to Jesus Christ and let him be the Lord and Savior of my...
One of my favorite speeches of all time is the speech that Al Pacino gives to his football team in the locker room in the movie Any Given Sunday. If you go watch the speech, I’ll warn you that there...
I’m working through the 70 resolutions of Jonathan Edwards and his 40th resolution is… Resolved, To inquire every night before I go to bed, whether I have acted in the best way I possibly could, with respect to eating and...
I think that a lot of the time we would all love to pretend that we don’t know how to do the right thing. If doing the right thing is too confusing or difficult, well then we have some substantial...
The Sabbath day is not a terribly popular idea. It’s easy to forget that it is one of the 10 commandments and to take it as seriously as, “Thou shalt not murder.” I’m working through the 70 resolutions of Jonathan...
If you are new to this blog, I’ve been working through the 70 resolutions of Jonathan Edwards and his 37th resolution was… Resolved, To inquire every night, as I am going to bed, wherein I have been negligent,—what sin I...
One of my favorite things to do is to play golf. One of the reasons I like golf so much is because the goal is very simple. Get the ball in the hole in as few strokes as possible. Now...
Sometimes you just have to let it go. I put a lot of effort into everything that I do. I want to please God and serve people but the obvious truth is that I make a lot of mistakes. I’m...
The truth….I think more people think about “facts” than “truth.” The fact is that I am currently writing this blog post and that it is a sunny day outside today. Truth is a little different than this. The truth encompasses...
It really does break my heart when I see some of the unnecessary drama around me. I’m not trying to be overly idealistic but it wasn’t supposed to be this way. Sometimes we do have to step back and ask ourselves...