Who Are You Looking For? (John 20: 1-18) I’ve gotten better, but I used to be one of those guys who used to hate to ask for directions, particularly when I’m in a big box store. I’d wander all over the store going up and down the aisles looking for what I wanted, growing [...]
Something to Cheer About (Luke 19: 41-20: 8) With Jesus timing is everything. Everything he has done during his brief three-year ministry has been for a reason leading to what is about to happen in one short week. Even his entry into Jerusalem had significance. His entry from the Mount of Olives to the [...]
The Last Word (John 11: 1-45) Growing up in my house as the oldest of three children was challenging to say the least. My sister was the middle child and apparently, she felt there was some sort of competition for the attention and affection of my parents. I can’t say much about the psychology [...]
Seeing and Believing No Video this week
If you remember, last week I talked about my young clients that I represented when I was a court-appointed lawyer in Smith County, Texas. Most of them were African American, usually in jail for either a property crime or drug offense and were being held on a bond that neither they nor their family could [...]
Whose You Are (2 Corinthians 5: 20-6: 10) It’s kind of a two-edged sword that can cut both ways. On the one hand, I do want people to know I’m a Christian but on the other hand there are those times I act out and hope that nobody makes the connection. It’s one of the [...]
Not So Fake News (2 Peter 1: 16-21) The Pharisees and Sadducees had a public relations problem. This Jesus movement didn’t die like it was supposed to with his crucifixion; in fact, it seemed to have had the opposite effect. It was so horrifying and unjust that it seemed to be taking on a [...]
There is No Yellow Brick Road (1 Corinthians 1: 18-31) I doubt that there is anyone in our age demographic that hasn’t seen the Wizard of Oz on at least one occasion and probably more as we sat and watched it with our kids, grandkids, and great grandkids. It’s almost like a right of [...]
Of One Mind (1 Corinthians 1: 10-18) After I lost my first election Teresa and I relocated to Tyler, Texas where I landed a job as an Assistant District Attorney for Smith County. We decided to attend First Baptist in Tyler because one of Teresa’s family friends went there and we had been going [...]
It’s A Calling (1 Corinthians 1: 1-9) I foolishly thought I wanted to be a doctor after graduating high school but a pair of Fs in Biology and Chemistry in my freshman year at college killed that dream. It was then that I realized that all I ever really wanted to be was a [...]