Three Steps to a Better Marriage

Bonnie and I have been blessed with 35 years of successful marriage. We have had our share of struggles as we have tried to build our lives together, but we both agree, our lives and marriage are better today than they ever have been, and we look to the future with excitement and hope. I have been asked to briefly give a couple of keys to what we have found to be a way to do marriage that works. There are so many things that God has used and is using that it is hard to pick just a few. For me, not to try to over-spiritualize, but it starts with understanding, and accepting God’s role for me in our relationship. The basic concept that I am to love Bonnie as Christ loved the Church, and gave Himself up for it is where it all started. I had failed in marriage twice before coming to Christ....

Our Lives – An Investment Opportunity?

Wise InvestmentsFirst, let’s establish that, as believers, each of our lives contains and represents an investment opportunity. We are each uniquely designed by our loving and infinitely creative Father to earn a very high return in His Kingdom. He is absolutely NOT unaware of our situation in this time and place. It is intentional on His part. He has designed us and planned for us to be here now. We weren’t supposed to be here 100 years ago or 19 years from now. Now is our time, this is our hour. He never makes mistakes. And, we are here to do special things that He had in His mind before He even made the Earth. (Ephesians2:10) Ultimately how we understand and apply this truth will determine our success or failure as Christian people. So many are deceived to believe that God has us...

Health in Your Body, Mind and Spirit

Focus on three areas of your life. I want to talk to you today about the need for  exercising all three parts of our being — the body, the mind, and the spirit. All three parts are interconnected and influence each other.  To have a powerful body and a weak mind and empty spirit is totally counter-productive in reality, and physical health is most important in terms of how it supports mental and spiritual wellness. Building ourselves in body, mind, and spirit is the key to a meaningful, fulfilling, and fruitful life. take a...

Simple Words Can Stimulate Profound Thoughts!

I recently received an email with the following signiature: “What one generation tolerates, the next embraces.” “What we do in moderation our children will do in excess.” “ Our tolerance and silence has given silent permission for morality and common sense to be abdicated!” “Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority of elitist snobs, and rabidly promoted by a corrupted and unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t–d by the clean end.” “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.”– Gerald R. Ford “Calling an illegal alien an...