“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” — unknown

Satan Called a Worldwide Convention, as the story goes…
The huge crowd hushed as he stepped up to speak, “We can’t keep the Christians from going to church. We can’t keep them from [...]

A new twist on an old saying:

Two things are certain in life: death and taxes.
However, death doesn’t get worse every year…

Paying taxes is an event which causes dread in the hearts of many. Here in my home state of Arkansas, the deadline is approaching [October 10] for the payment of annual [...]

“The Purpose Of The Church”
# 6: “How To Witness
With All Authority”
In countries that are ruled by monarchies, the coronation of a new king or queen is always a time of national attention and great spectacle. The coronation, or the crowning of the new ruler, is essentially the time when [...]

The Purpose of the Church
# 4: “Don’t Just Stand There;
Love Your Neighbor!”
In the last few weeks we’ve noted five purposes that Jesus set for his church, purposes that are drawn from the Great Commandment, Matthew 22:37-39, and the Great Commission, Matthew 28:19-20. We’ve looked at the first of the [...]

The Difference a Purpose Makes
It’s amazing the things you find when you move. Gizmos and gadgets, tools and connectors, whose original purposes have long been forgotten. Odds and ends that have essentially been rendered useless because you and no one else can remember [...]

“The Cookie Thief” by Valerie Cox
(from “A 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul”
© 1996 by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen)
A woman was waiting at an airport one night,
With several long hours before her flight.
She hunted for a book in the airport shop,
Bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop. [...]