Who Is the Greatest?

Mark 9:34 “But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.”Who Is the Greatest?Have you ever had a discussion about who is the greatest? Whether you were discussing who was the greatest dad, the...

Giving to the Lord

Mark 8:5  “And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.”Giving to the LordGod always provides for givers.  Givers must have something to give, and givers always do.  The Bible teaches that if you will give, you will always have...

True Values

Mark 5:17 “And they began to pray him that he might depart out of their coasts.”True ValuesEarlier this year, my family and I were at a truck stop in Pennsylvania. The store was dirty; the employees were slow, cranky, and unfriendly; and an error on their...

Preparing Your Kids for the Real World

It was black on Highway 96, our road home from a little project at our church, Spring Meadow Baptist Church. Without warning, a clump of grass just off the shoulder gathered itself and began running alongside the shoulder, as if to race us home. Then the “clump...

Leaving and Following

Mark 1:18 “And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.”Leaving and FollowingMy grandfather put a borrowed saddle on a half-broke mare named “Go West” in 1930. He was only eighteen years old, but both his parents were dead. All he...