Broken Chains

Broken Chains

“Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.”  Romans 6:6     I’m in prison.  I built it.  It’s my own.  Every inch, each bar, the lock, the concrete floor – every...
Don’t Be Conned!

Don’t Be Conned!

One of my favorite movies when I was a child was Disney’s Pete’s Dragon.  I loved the singing and the dancing, the cartoon dragon that was able to run around with the real little boy.  I loved the tears and the humor that went along with it.  I watched it a few years...
Never Forsaken

Never Forsaken

“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.  So we say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.”  Hebrews 13:5b & 6   Several years ago, I spent a weekend in Savannah, Georgia with some friends.  We decided after dinner to take a...
Signs of the Times

Signs of the Times

  “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red;’ and in the morning you say ‘it will be foul weather today for the sky is red and threatening.’  Hypocrites!  You know how to discern the face of thy sky, but you cannot discern the...
One Nation, Under God, Invisible – What?

One Nation, Under God, Invisible – What?

  It was such a cute movie – a police officer undercover as a Kindergarten teacher.  This tough guy spent the first half of the movie being “run over” by a classroom full of 5 year olds.  It was typical childhood antics and humor.  During one scene, the...