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Good and Bad Habits My wife and I have our house for sale. Our realtor advised us to turn on all the lights throughout the house prior to a showing. The theory is this makes the house more inviting and keeps potential buyers from searching for light switches, possibly in the dark. Though this makes […]
Examine Your Reasons for Staying Home on Sunday Last Sunday I asked the question, Why do you go to church? Today, I ask the opposite question to everyone else: Why don’t you go to church? Though I’m not in this group, I’ve talked to many who are. They have multiple reasons, some of them good, […]
Reasons People Give for Going to Church I often wonder why I go to church. Seldom do I come up with a good answer, that is, the real reason why I show up on Sundays. I’m not even sure if I know the theologically correct response. Here are some reasons I’ve heard over the years: […]
Take Time to Show Your Appreciation Everyone has a dad. Some know their dads and respect them, whereas others don’t. Too many are estranged from their dads, and a few don’t even know who their dads are. Yet we all have dads. As a result, some people celebrate Father’s Day, others tolerate it, and a […]
When to Heed Warnings and When Not To My wife and I were happily driving down the road when her car emitted a system alarm. The displayed show red, so I knew it wasn’t good. First was an icon of a car on a hoist, implying a need for service. Next I noticed the word […]
Christmas, Good Friday, Easter, and Pentecost Quick, what are the four main Christian holidays? Well, there’s Christmas and Easter, for sure. Good Friday would make three. But what’s the fourth one? How about Pentecost? In my experience, Pentecost doesn’t receive much attention compared to the other three, but it should. Consider the progression: Christmas Christmas […]
Celebrating the Bride of Christ Did Jesus have a wife? The answer is “Yes!” Most assuredly, Jesus had a wife. However, before you accuse me of heresy, let me admit this is a misleading question, a twist of semantics Yes, Jesus did have a wife and does have a wife, but she is not a […]
Push Aside the Past to Worship God Today To the homeless man who complained about our church service, I said, “It sounds like you wanted a Baptist experience.” When he continued his rant, I became more direct: “If you want a Baptist experience, you need to go to a Baptist church.” I later told my […]
What You Expect Forms Your Experience When leaving church a few weeks ago, a man called out, “Hey! You! Come here!” I didn’t much feel like interacting with another homeless man asking for a handout. He’d be unhappy with my solution, and my wife, fearing for our safety, wouldn’t want me to stop. I shook […]
Seek to Do Good on Sunday Last Sunday I shared my experiences in dealing with homeless people as I went to work. But a job change removed me from that urban setting and ended my encounters with the homeless. However, changing churches brought me back there every Sunday and some days in between. Homeless people […]