My wife Vivien has been on my case to sort through stacks of magazines and papers that I have not touched for decades. I admit to coming from a long line of "Steptoe and Son" hoarders and have reduced the stacks somewhat. But you know [...]

I'm writing this in the Easter week but it applies all year long! The reason for Easter in simple terms was to make a legal way for God to forgive people's sins so that they would be fit to join God's family. The Bible says [...]

There is a wonderful Southern Gospel group of seniors named The Social Security Boys (really!), and they sing a song with the above title, "Pilgrims Making Progress." Listen to it on YouTube and visit their website for their signature song. The scripture confirms that humans [...]

Thank God that He can cause the fallen sons of Adam to stand! In I Corinthians 15:1 the Apostle Paul writes of "the gospel ... wherein ye stand," and in Romans 5:2 of "this grace wherein we stand," while in Galatians 5:1 he bids us: [...]

I recall during our third pastorate that the sponsoring pastor of the "church plant" and I often spoke on the telephone on Mondays and shared our "war stories" of the previous day's services. This was in the era of the 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. [...]

In evangelical churches when I was growing up, a favorite hymn was "Showers of Blessing", written by Daniel Whittle and first published in 1883. He was greatly influenced by D.L. Moody's ministry and became an evangelist. The song was the signature tune and name of [...]

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine, O what a foretaste of glory divine... Perfect submission, all is at rest; I in my Savior am happy and blest! Fanny Crosby, 1873 Fanny Crosby got it right when she wrote that what we have now is a "foretaste" [...]