The Adventure of a Lifetime

Think about some of the great films we love. The Lord of the Rings. Remember the Titans. Star Wars. Rocky. Each story is about a character (or characters) who must overcome great obstacles to complete a mission or reach an objective. They must face their fears and persevere through conflict and difficulties. In the process, […]

Keeping In Step With Jesus

Yesterday, I posted a video of the Marine Corps Silent Drill platoon. (Scroll down or click here to see it.) Those Marines are in perfect step with each other. Every movement is in sync. What would it be like if we were in sync with Jesus? Our steps in line with His? Following Him where […]

One Thing

Have you seen the movie, “City Slickers”? Billy Crystal plays, Mitch, a 39-year-old married man who’s trying to figure out his life. As a birthday present for Mitch, he and a couple of friends head out west to work as cowboys for two weeks. There’s a scene where Mitch is riding along with Curly, a […]

What Will It Take For You?

Our first parents, Adam and Eve, rebelled. They ate what they were told not to eat and that introduced sin into the human race. Ever since, we’ve been bent on going our own way. Our nature is to seek life and happiness on our own terms, not God’s. And yet all through history, God’s message […]

You Get to Choose Today

I attended a memorial service yesterday for the grandfather of some friends of mine. I was struck again with the thought that we have no control over the day we are born or the day we will die–the dates always recorded on the program and in obituaries. God alone has control over those dates. He […]