Gratitude, Not Generosity

I Chronicles 29:16 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own What one word comes to your mind when you think about the work of David? I’m thinking specifically of the work...

Let God’s Word Be Your Guide

Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. On the hill in the very middle of camp on the Bill Rice Ranch there is a place where the John R Rice Auditorium and a large dining hall sit, but seventy years ago...

The Wise Governs Himself

Proverbs 28:2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged Last night several of us were talking about the upcoming presidential elections, and I’m sure we will all be...

Insight without Action Is Empty

Proverbs 26:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. In the winter when I was twenty-one years old, we had a severe ice storm in middle Tennessee. It was catastrophic. Ice covered every branch of every tree. I remember one night...

The Qualities of a Good Leader

I Chronicles 22:6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel I’ve been thinking recently about the difficulties of being a good leader. When I say, “Being a good leader,” I am not talking about someone that...