Years ago, I arrived at a car accident. Two elderly people were involved. They were on their way to the hospital for a doctor’s appointment. When they got to the light in front of the hospital, the elderly female (the driver), accelerated through the light. She ran the red light…

Memories can be great; however, some can be horrible. I think one of the hardest things for Christians in life is in the area of confession of sin. It is easy for the believer to accept God’s forgiveness (1 John 1:9), but the hard thing is living with the memory…

Every time you ride on the highway you are bound to see a dead animal on the side of the road. Every time I see one, I kind of feel sorry for them. One day while riding from my house to church, I noticed a small baby deer lying on the side of the road dead…

I have been in the presence of many who have passed away. At the very end of life, the body completely relaxes. Whether in pain or peace, the body finds peace in its final moment. The breath of life that God gives departs…

I have been offered vinegar by someone who was playing a prank on me as a young man. It looked just like water, so I didn’t hesitate to take a drink when I was offered it. As I swallowed the vinegar whole, it was so overpowering!…

I wonder what the world would be like without Social Security. Would the family unit continue to take care of the mother and father as they reach their days when help is needed? Today, we have the benefit of care and hospice centers…

Kent Hughes offers a sobering look at this story; “Can anyone imagine the pain of those four women? Those of us who have lost loved ones in the spring of life can understand much more than the rest of us. Mary stood there before her son. When Jesus was an infant, she and his father took him to the temple to present him to the Lord…

I remember years ago; I was looking for a known drug addict. He had a warrant for his arrest. I had a pretty good idea of the area where I could find him. He couldn’t go far. He didn’t have any money and his family had disowned him…

In the United States, a person can enter a store and walk out with several different outfits or clothes. We have the luxury of having a closet full of different outfits for different occasions. In Jesus’s time, the poor Jew might have only one set of clothing…

Have you had a gnat flying around you and it won’t go away? Pilate must have sensed this too. The gnat was the Jewish people. He wanted to be rid of them, but it wouldn’t happen…

In practically every uniform in the world, the person’s name is on the uniform, and the organization he/ she is a part of helps identify the person’s affiliation. I had it on the U. S. Army and Sheriff’s Office uniform…

“There they crucified Him,” “Jesus was made to lie on the ground while His arms were stretched out and nailed to the horizontal beam that He carried. The beam was then hoisted up, along with the victim, and fastened to the vertical beam. His feet were nailed to the vertical beam to which sometimes was attached a piece of wood that served as a kind of seat that partially supported the weight of the body…

Imagine, being beaten within an inch of your life, and then being forced to carry the instrument of your execution. I can’t. Imagine the determination of Jesus carrying the patibulum after His back and leg tissue and raw muscle are visible…

While stationed in Fort Stewart Georgia, I had a supervisor who shared a story. He was coming up on the time for his departure from our unit. He received orders to be re-stationed in South Korea. When our Company Commander came to him and said, Pack your bags, you are leaving to go to Korea!”…

As our world continues to secularize, notice how the scriptures tell us that in the last days (2 Timothy 3:1-5) people will turn away from God. They will appear to have some form of godliness but will deny its power…

Imagine the scene in progress. Jews were preparing for the Passover meal and celebration of God’s Passing Over each home as the death angel passed over. Before all this, meals had to be prepared by slaughtering an animal…

While some still dispute the facts of the Bible, archeological discoveries are proving the Bible’s accuracy more each day. One of the problems of the past was small things within stories like this one which made it hard to track the direction of Jesus during his trial and conviction by Pilate…

I have seen some in my lifetime who were brutal to others. Some eventually ruined people’s credibility, and reputation. It started though, with bitterness, which led to a hatred of the person. Along the way, the accuser enlisted others who would be able to help in their quest to condemn the person, but the root was one person’s hatred for another…

When I was young, my parents took me to Dachau. Dachau is the site of a former Nazi WWII, Concentration Camp. It housed thousands of Jews who were sentenced to death during the end of WWII. At 12 years old, it left a striking image in my mind. During our camp tour, we went into the gas chamber rooms where thousands met their death…

When I was young, I never really entered any church. It wasn’t a place I was interested in visiting. It wasn’t that I didn’t know who God was, but He was foreign to me. He lived in an untouchable realm…