As a kid, our family had a set dinner time. Before dinner, I was outside playing, dad was working, and mom was preparing dinner. When it was time, Mom called us inside. We all sat together for dinner…

Each one of us has regrets in life. Many of us still think of them today. Peter is about to experience something he will regret for the rest of his life. Later he would make course adjustments and do what was righteous and holy…

When I first started back in church, I was amazed at the way people treated each other. It was a little strange to me at first. I came from a traditional family whose parents were born in the 1930’s, where parents were not very affectionate…

The older each us of get, we start to think of all the freedoms we will receive as Christians one day when we arrive in heaven. Since heaven is our eternal abode, we look forward to ending the things of this life which bind us from freedoms, peace, and pain we experience. I remember a dream I had years ago shortly after our daughter graduated to heaven…

We often hear stories in Christianity of those who were in ministry, who had great success, later recant their faith. It is a shame. In my previous career, I watched videos in Sex Crimes training showing young men who went into youth ministry with an expressed desire to exploit young people…

We all can think of those who spent their entire life without Jesus as Savior. It is a scary thing to imagine what a person wakes to when they die without Christ as their Savior. It is a reality though…

In 1983, I was stationed in Germany in the Army. Each week two soldiers had to perform what was called A-LOC duty (receiving and exchanging warehouse parts) during the weekend. I was in charge of the warehouse section one weekend. The other soldier was in charge of where batteries were (call him ‘Bob’). Bob and I were there for the entire weekend receiving parts to soldiers on field maneuvers or incoming semi-trucks…

I was in a meeting when the leader said something that was pretty shocking. He said, “I am angry this morning. Someone in here has done something wrong, and you know who you are!” Everyone looked down, trying to imagine if it might have been them. I searched my mind to determine if even might have been me…

In high school one day, I was listening to the teacher. I missed what she said about a math problem. I asked the kid next to me what she said. He said, “Shh.” I poked him and asked him what she said. He said, “Stop talking to me, I am trying to listen.” I kept poking him, but he never would tell me…

A few years ago, my wife and I were at a Costco in Orlando getting gas. It was packed. As I pulled up to next pump for gas, a car went around me and took my spot for gas. I was patiently waiting for another car to pull out. As I got out of the car, I asked the man why he did not wait. He told me I was taking too long…

I used to give advice to our children about certain things as they grew up. On one occasion, my daughter wanted to date a boy from school. Something did not add up about the boy. He worked with her at an ice cream shop after school. One day while he and she were working, I noticed he did something I considered disrespectable to a woman…

As we begin to talk about Judas (the traitor), MacArthur says this about one traitor “… the most infamous traitor of the Revolutionary War (and indeed all of American history) was Benedit Arnold. Annoyed at being passed over for promotion and seeking money to fund his extravagant lifestyle, Arnold offered to surrender the key fort at West Point to the British…

I used to work for a supervisor who was a servant-leader. A servant leader is one who looks out for his own first. As a supervisor, he was one of my favorites in all twenty-five years of my service. His name was Sam. He watched the new cases come in each day. He screened all the cases personally, then decided if he was going to assign them…

“In 1878 when William Booth’s Salvation Army had just been so named, men from all over the world began to enlist. One man, who had once dreamed of himself as a bishop, crossed the Atlantic from America to England to enlist. He was a Methodist minister, Samuel Logan Brengle…”

I played in the mud as a child. It was fun. Once I finished, my mom would spray us with the hose. We got clean (to the extent we didn’t bring mud in the house), but we still tracked in grass from our feet. Even though we were hosed off, we still had something that needed to be cleaned after…

Yesterday, I spoke about a foot washing service I conducted at my church. I left a few comments for today’s passages which I felt were appropriate for today. Before, when I approached a deacon, he was humbled and said, “I should be serving you, not vice versa.” He was about 80 years old…

Years ago, I had an opportunity to conduct a foot washing service in my church. I selected deacons who were serving our church to serve. I remember getting the towels, water a basin, and getting ready for the service beforehand. I was excited to be able to serve those who served our church…

I have seen what money does to some in the world. When new found money comes into life, some seem to rely on it more. In the Christian life, it can tug at the relationship with the Lord too…

Some people stick out and we wished they were still here. Dr. J. O. McLeod was one. Dr. McLeod was our interim pastor many years ago, before my call to pastoral ministry. I had sensed the changes God was bringing, transitioning my focus in law enforcement, to ministry. Dr. McLeod (referred to as Bro. J. O.), helped me immensely during this time…

Several years ago, in the gym working out with my best friend, we heard a man say the G. D. word. My friend stopped his workout and went over to talk to the man. I thought, “O. K. here comes a fight.”