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 [...]
All Really Does Mean All (Ephesians 3: 1-12) As a species we’ve always had a problem with acceptance and inclusivity going back to the birth of man with warring tribes of cavemen battling it out over territory, water, and the roaming food supply resulting in the survival of the fittest. And, as we evolved [...]
The Master’s Plan (Ephesians 1: 3-14) Let me start by assuring you that I’m not being political here, as tempting as it might be, but I’d like to talk about something President Trump mused about a couple of months ago. He was doing an interview on tv that I was watching, and I don’t [...]
Good News Has Come! (Matthew 2: 1-23) You’ve heard it said before and, in all likelihood, you’ve said it yourself: “If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all. Some folks start believing they are living under a dark cloud and that there is some sort of mysterious force out there [...]
Status Quo? Status No! (Luke 2: 1-20) You’ve probably heard it said that “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” It was something I heard repeatedly during my time with the Houston Police Department. The police culture of doing it the way it was always done was pretty ingrained within the [...]
God With Us (Matthew 1: 18-25) There’s nothing quite like a hotly contested political campaign to bring out the worst in people. Many aspiring politicians, me included, really want to serve and use our talents to make things better not for ourselves but for others, others we probably don’t know and will in all [...]
Have Patience (James 5: 7-10) Even now when I am in my eighth decade, I can still remember the building excitement we had as kids as Christmas Day slowly, painstakingly slowly, approached. My siblings and I had already poured over the Sears catalogue circling all the toys that we wanted Santa to bring us [...]