PURE RELIGION
One who is serious about his Christianity knows that he must pray, because prayer is commanded. Of course, we understand that the motivation for prayer must be deeper than a mere rote response to a...
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If you know much about WWII, then you know one of the most terrible battles of this terrible war was fought in Bastogne, France. It was the dead of winter and German forces had surrounded the town of...
View ArticleFOOTBALL FEVER
Football season is here, and in the state of Alabama you don’t have to clarify this as meaning college football, because that much is understood. There is no room for the NFL around these parts,...
View ArticleJOY
Joy is one of the Fruits of the Spirit found in Galatians 5:22-23: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control…” Joy is...
View ArticleIDENTITY
Whenever I draft correspondence at work, whether in a formal letter, email, or memorandum, I always identify myself as “Grant H. Wilson, Assistant City Attorney.” Identification of name and title is...
View ArticleMORE THAN A FISH STORY
I teach a high school class at my church on Wednesday nights, and as you can imagine it’s challenging getting a group of teenagers motivated to study the Bible after a long day at school. To their...
View ArticleSTRENGTH OF CHARACTER
It was the infield fly that should never have existed. And by rule, it seems, it never did. The infield fly rule – which was created to prevent infielders from intentionally dropping pop-ups in order...
View ArticleARGUING WITH A FOOL?
I’m not going to comment on the political ramifications of the Vice-Presidential debate, because very likely there are none. Historically, Vice-Presidential debates do not matter all that much in...
View ArticleUNDECIDED?
All we have heard about this election season is talk of the “undecided voter” – the mysterious and coveted (for their vote) miniscule fraction of the American population that has yet to choose between...
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