Sometimes We Wait

We all hate to wait. I hate to wait on the person in front of me at the check out line. I hate to wait in traffic. I hate to wait on the doctor. And I also don’t like it when I have to wait on God. G. Campbell Morgans said, “Waiting for God is [...]

Interesting Perspective on Gun Control

Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.
The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000. Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year are 120,000. Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.

The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000. Yes, that is 80 million. [...]

Interesting Perspective on Iraq

If you consider that there have been an average of 160,000 troops in Iraq during the last 22 months, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000.

The firearm death rate in Washington, D.C., is 80.6 per 100,000. That means that you are more likely to [...]

Our Greatest Need

If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent us an educator.
If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist.
If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an economist.
If our greatest need had been pleasure, God would have sent us an entertainer.
But our greatest [...]

Primetimers to Fayetteville

The Lord gave us a great day today as our Primetimer group travelled about an hour South on I-95 to Fayetteville and the Airborne & Special Operations Museum.
A part of the U.S. Army Museum System, the museum tells the story of Army airborne and special operations units from their 1940 origin and movement to the [...]

The Fault Box

A couple married for 15 years began having more than usual disagreements. They wanted to make their marriage work and agreed on an idea the wife had. For one month they planned to drop a slip in a “Fault” box. The boxes would provide a place to let the other know about daily irritations. The [...]

Forgiveness – A Spiritual Grace

Roy L. Smith says that the art of forgiving is a spiritual grace every Christian should develop. Because this is so difficult to put into practice, he offers the following suggestions:
1. Begin by assuring yourself that compared to Christ’s suffering you haven’t been seriously wronged at all.
2. Recall the many kind deeds that have been [...]

All Forgivenesses Are Not Alike!

Dale Carnegie once noted that the only animal the grizzly would allow to eat with him was the skunk. Grizzly bears in Yellowstone Park often come to eat at the place where garbage is dumped. This huge bear can fight and beat almost any animal in the West, but it lets the skunk share its [...]

An Exercise in Forgiveness

Forgiveness is surrendering my right to hurt you for hurting me. Archibald Hart
In Matthew 18:15-20 we find lessons in forgiveness. Jesus emphasized the importance of forgiveness when it comes to our hurts and disappointments. The disciples were curious as to how many times they should forgive one another.
It was the practice of the Jews that [...]