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I often wonder about my prayer life; maybe you do too. Recently, a friend shared this with me. “Bill, is your prayer life as desperate as the third monkey standing in line waiting to get on Noah’s Ark and the rain has already started?” It’s hilarious, but do we find...

ALTERNATIVES…are choices, options, one or two possibilities.  Some are provoked while others are not.  We have all heard the expression; I simply had no alternative or you left me with no alternative but to…When making the decision on colleges, a student may have many...

One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. If you were starting a new nation, would this be a good mission statement and purpose? How does it get any better for living here on earth with other people and accomplishing God’s will for...

The blessing is defined as approval or encouragement. To hallow or consecrate by religious rite or word; to invoke divine care for; to confer prosperity or happiness on; protect, preserve; endow, favor. In my mind, to bless is to transfer something that will be...

Whose lens are you looking through? An interesting question, don’t you think? Some are more powerful than others. When you go out on a clear night and look at the stars or moon with the naked eye, you see limited detail. It’s beautiful and amazing, but there is...

This past week I was reading Dudley’s Monthly Message, entitled “Gospel Culture”. I found it to be enlightening and powerful. It is based on Paul’s letter to the Corinthians. “Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel which I preached to...

Devotional-II Cor. 4.5-It’s never been about us! “For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake” II Cor. 4.5 Sometimes, we all need to check our egos at the door. That goes for pastors and preachers...

During a conversation with my friend, Kevin, he relayed a recent meeting that he and his brother had with a close relative of theirs. They were engaged in discussing the gospel and his brother introduced this thought that I had never heard. But I loved it. Relative to...

During a conversation with my friend, Kevin, he relayed a recent meeting that he and his brother had with a close relative of theirs. They were engaged in discussing the gospel and his brother introduced this thought that I had never heard. But I loved it. Relative to...

“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;  wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow” (Psalm 51.7) These are the words of a repentant David when he had realized the sin in his life, and his need for salvation and redemption. Nathan had gone to him revealing his...