The Tides of Opportunity

It's this idea which Shakespeare emphasizes in the fourth act of Julius Caesar, when he puts these words upon the lips of Brutus trying to enlist Cassius ...

The Right Molten Moment

My first pastorate was in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, which was famous at that time for having the world's largest steel-tube rolling mills. They created ...

John Cennick: Sensational Lay Preacher

John Cennick (1718-1755)

Sensational lay preacher

Though trained as a land surveyor and writing instructor, John Cennick once was asked to fill in for an ...

On Firm Ground

Before his novels The Firm, Pelican Brief, and The Client catapulted John Grisham to the status of "commercial supernova"--as Newsweek called ...

Now Is the Time for Repentance

You cannot repent too soon because you do not know how soon it may be too late.

Mom Isn't Ready for Son to Grow Up

Our son had graduated from 8th grade and would soon be entering high school. He was the first of our children to reach this point in life and I was a ...

You Can't Just Sit There

Several years ago, I heard the story of Larry Walters, a 33-year-old man who decided he wanted to see his neighborhood from a new perspective.

He went ...

Wait Until You're Ready

Girls, don't have babies before you're ready--and "ready" means being married! Raising children is the hardest work you'll ever ...

Daily Reckoning

To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning.

Death Makes Things Matter More

In the movie Casualties of War, Michael J. Fox plays Private Erikson, a soldier in Vietnam who is part of a squad that abducts and rapes a young Vietnamese ...