You Never Know
This past Saturday was to be a big race at Charlotte Motor Speedway for Kyle Busch. The winningest driver in NASCAR history was preparing for it not by hurtling down a track at breakneck speed but by sitting in a racing...
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I Just Don’t Get It
I’ve got it, but I still don’t get it. What have I got? Salvation from all my sins — past, present, and future. (Acts 13:38-39) A home in heaven when I die. (John 14:2-3) Jesus as my traveling companion through life....
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OKAY?
The Lord blessed my wife and I with seven children. It’s easy enough to talk theoretically about how many children we’d like to have, as if selecting what size caffè latte I need to jump-start my morning. But once we have...
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How Much For Jesus?
Here’s one of life’s ironies. On November 15, 2017, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud purchased Leonardo da Vinci’s painting titled “Salvator Mundi” for a record-breaking $450.3 million. Why ironic? The world’s most expensive painting, owned at various...
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Oil Crisis?
If you read my column, you know I’m not talking politics. I like God’s unchanging truth, not the fickle fortunes of men. Petroleum isn’t the only kind of oil in the world, after all. A thousand years before Christ, David penned the...
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Double Exposure
It was quite the day when my dad, just home from the war, was able to purchase a Kodak Brownie movie camera. In a previous column I told how royalty visited our hometown in those days. To top it off, my...
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Say It Now
In the autumn of 1860, with war looming, America was in turmoil. Many Wisconsin residents had journeyed to Chicago for a Stephen A. Douglas rally to consider the issues of the day. Just before midnight on September 7, a palatial side-wheel...
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Heaven’s Logic
Some say Christians must kiss their brains goodbye. Really? Haven’t they heard the first and great commandment? “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with ALL YOUR MIND, and with all your...
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Hobnailed Boots & Heaven
For several years I had a free literature table in the university’s student union. My son-in-law Chase and our friend Dom continue the practice each Tuesday from 12 till 2. Those who visit find them winsome and engaging. It’s intended to...
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