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Devotional-Deuteronomy 5.8-God-shaped vacuum! “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth” Deuteronomy 5.8 ESV I have been listening to...

Times and seasons…vary and each has a purpose. Solomon tells us; “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven” (Eccl. 3.1). He then proceeds to list numerous times, the first being a time to be born, and a time to die. For several years...

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still did not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father”. (John 14.9 ESV)  Have you heard the expression—spitting image? My dad’s friends would tell me that I was the spitting image of him. We...

Recently, I was invited back to begin teaching at Union Gospel Mission, the wonderful Christian homeless center that I taught in until Covid for approximately 15 years each Monday. Since this was a new group of approximately 150 men, I didn’t know exactly what they...

About a decade ago, before Abiding Fathers was officially launched, a Christian brother and I developed what was to be a fatherhood ministry, ‘Stand up 4 Dads’. It lasted briefly, but the thought has never left me. A few years ago when a certain...

I know the majority of us read and study the scriptures faithfully. Someone asked me one day if, when I was reading God’s word, was I really listening. That’s a very interesting and soul-searching question. Have our quiet times become rote in nature without meditation...

Have you ever wondered what your purpose in life is other than just existing and going through a routine from day to day? One of my favorite Psalms addresses this. “May he grant you according to your hearts desire, and fulfill all your...

I remember early on in my life stating that I was going to be a millionaire by the time I was 30. That didn’t happen. Then I came to Dallas to be a key part of the largest apartment builder in the nation but due to the Carter economy, the lights went out in the real...

What is your view of death? Do you fear it or do you prepare for it? Do you know what happens after it? So many questions, because it is, from a human standpoint, something that cannot be described. I would say, overall, most people fear death. Believers and...

Covenants come in all sizes and shapes, so to speak. Most times they are between two or more parties. Treaties could be described as covenants. They are formal and informal, bi-lateral and unilateral agreements. And...