Five Tips for Bible Study Yesterday’s post generated some interesting discussion. Those who read the article, by a very large majority, appreciated the words. However, some people ripped into me for suggesting that people should stop reading the Bible. When I asked these individuals if they had read the article, the universal answer was, “No.” […]

Please Stop READING Your Bible! Where I worship, the attendance board displays the number of members who read their Bible every day. On Sunday night (unless yours truly leads prayer before he can), Tommy Blewett stands before the congregation and encourages everyone to read his Bible every day. I’ve been in other congregations where daily […]

Rest in Peace? Prince. Doris Roberts. Merle Haggard. Patty Duke. Garry Shandling. Nancy Reagan. Joey Feek. Glenn Frey. Alan Rickman. David Bowie. So far 2016 isn’t a great year to be a celebrity. When I googled “Celebrity deaths in 2016,” other celebrities appeared in the list, but I didn’t know who they were – either […]

What Does God Expect? We’re all going to struggle in this life. I spent part of yesterday with a gentleman who is struggling greatly – he’s facing financial difficulties, he’s facing health difficulties, and he’s facing family difficulties. No matter the struggle – financial or health or family or others – we have known struggle […]

It’s Cancer Yesterday, as I was brushing my teeth in the locker room, a friend came up and said, “Justin, did you know that John had cancer?” I had no idea. John and Sally like to travel, so even though I hadn’t seen the two of them in quite a while, I didn’t think anything […]